FREE: CENTENARY OF UNITED STATES POSTAGE STAMP 1947

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This stamp was issued to mark the one­hundredth anniversary of the original series of 1847.

The stamp is 84/100 by 1 44/100 inches in dimension, arranged horizontally, printed in blue by the rotary process, and issued in sheets of 50. In the upper portion of the stamp to the left and right are ovals bearing portraits of George Washington and Benjamin Frank­lin with the respective names below in white Gothic. Below these ovals and above a dark panel across the bottom, in which appears the wording "U. S. Postage Stamp Centenary" in white Gothic lettering, are the following from left to right: Pony Express, early type steam locomotive, modern locomotive, and modern steamship. Centered just above these, between the two ovals is a four­motored plane, above which appear the dates "1847-1947" in dark Gothic. The denomi­nation "3c" is shown in two lines of the same style of numerals in each upper corner.

This stamp was first placed on sale at New York, N.Y., on May 17, 1947.