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U.S. #728
1933 1¢ Restoration of Fort Dearborn

Issue Date: May 25, 1933
First City: Chicago, IL
Quantity Issued: 348,266,800

Century Of Progress World’s Fair
U.S. #728 – Restoration of Fort Dearborn stamp issued for the fair.
The 1933 World’s Fair opened in Chicago, Illinois, on May 27, 1933.

By the late 1920s, the city of Chicago was looking toward 1933 as it’s 100th anniversary. A nonprofit corporation, A Century of Progress, was founded in 1928 to plan and host the upcoming World’s Fair to be held there.