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3 cent deep violet
Washington Rotary Press Issue
Issued 1932
The bicentennial stamps were first placed on sale January 1, 1932,
at the post office in Washington, D.C.
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While the bicentennial issue presents many unfamiliar images of Washington,
the Post Office took care to place the widely loved Gilbert Stuart portrait
of the president on the 2-cent stamp, which satisfied the normal first-class
letter rate and would therefore get the most use. Several months after
the series appeared, however, the first-class letter rate was raised from
2 cents to 3 cents. Because the 3-cent bicentennial issue presents
an image of Washington that is not only little-known but quite uncharacteristic,
the Post Office chose not to encourage its wide use, and, instead,
revamped the 2-cent Atheneum portrait issue as a 3-cent stamp (Scott #720),
printing it in the standard 3-cent color.