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| 12562 | United States Stamp - Pilgrim Tercentenary Stamp - Landing of the Pilgrims - 1620-1920 - Issued December 21, 1920 |
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| Engraved postage stamp Vessel: Pilgrim Shallop - Shallop Title: Pilgrim Tercentenary 1620-1920 – Landing of the Pilgrims Scott Cat. Number: 549 Subject: Pilgrim Landing 1620 Media: Flat plate engraving Designer: Huston - Clair Aubrey Huston (1857-1938) Design Inspiration - art: White – Edwin White (1817-1877) Design Inspiration – engraving: Burt – Charles Kennedy Burt (1823-1892) Vignette Engraver: Smillie – George Frederick Cumming Smillie (1854-1924) Letter Engraver: Edward Mitchell Weeks (1866-1959) Frame Engraver: Louis Sartain Schofield (1868-1938) Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Carmine Rose Size: 1” x 1.25” Country: United States Postage Value: 2 cents Issue Series: 2nd in the Pilgrim Tercentennial Series. Issue Origin: The Pilgrim Tercentennial was a national celebration from December 1920 to the summer of 1921. Issue Date: December 21, 1920 Issue Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Issue Size: 196,037,327 See Also: "The Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art" by Gene Hessler, BNR Press, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1993. Page 4 and 5 explain the production steps taken to turn original art into an engraved postage stamp. Worth reading as the engraver works from the beginning on a plate of about 3.5” x 4,” engraving a stamp at its finished size. Engraving is used for very few stamps today and, when one reads about the process, one can understand why. The author even provides particular engraver’s recipes for the acid they used, including that of James Smillie, the famous landscape engraver. Smillie - James Smillie (1807-1885) | 
Description: Engraved postage stamp Vessel: Pilgrim Shallop - Shallop Title: Pilgrim Tercentenary 1620-1920 – Landing of the Pilgrims Scott Cat. Number: 549 Subject: Pilgrim Landing 1620 Media: Flat plate engraving Designer: Huston - Clair Aubrey Huston (1857-1938) Design Inspiration - art: White – Edwin White (1817-1877) Design Inspiration – engraving: Burt – Charles Kennedy Burt (1823-1892) Vignette Engraver: Smillie – George Frederick Cumming Smillie (1854-1924) Letter Engraver: Edward Mitchell Weeks (1866-1959) Frame Engraver: Louis Sartain Schofield (1868-1938) Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Carmine Rose Size: 1” x 1.25” Country: United States Postage Value: 2 cents Issue Series: 2nd in the Pilgrim Tercentennial Series. Issue Origin: The Pilgrim Tercentennial was a national celebration from December 1920 to the summer of 1921. Issue Date: December 21, 1920 Issue Location: Plymouth, Massachusetts Issue Size: 196,037,327 See Also: "The Engraver’s Line: An Encyclopedia of Paper Money & Postage Stamp Art" by Gene Hessler, BNR Press, Port Clinton, Ohio, 1993. Page 4 and 5 explain the production steps taken to turn original art into an engraved postage stamp. Worth reading as the engraver works from the beginning on a plate of about 3.5” x 4,” engraving a stamp at its finished size. Engraving is used for very few stamps today and, when one reads about the process, one can understand why. The author even provides particular engraver’s recipes for the acid they used, including that of James Smillie, the famous landscape engraver. Smillie - James Smillie (1807-1885) [show more] | |
| 12570 | United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940 |
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| Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator. | 
Description: Postage Stamp Title: Charles W. Eliot Scott Cat. Number: 871 Subject: Eliot – Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) Design: William A. Roach (1888-1969) Engravers - Lettering: William B. Wells (1874-1942) and James T. Vail (1907-) Engraver – Portrait: Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992) Engraver – Frame: Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958) Media: Rotary Press Printer: United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Bright red violet Size: 1” x 1.0625” Country: United States Postage Value: 3 cents Issue Series: Famous American Educators Issue Origin: American educators Issue Date: March 28, 1940 Issue Location: Cambridge, Massachusetts Issue Size: 51,636,270 The third group in the Famous Americans Series honors five American educators — Horace Mann, Mark Hopkins, Charles W. Eliot, Frances E. Willard, and Booker T. Washington. The issues appeared between March 14 and April 7, 1940. The five stamps were issued in the birth order of their honorees. The “Lamp of Knowledge” shown on the stamp was the symbol designated by the United States Postal Service to indicate an educator. [show more] | |
| 12453 | United States Stamp - Great Head at Acadia National Park - Issued October 2, 1934 |
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Description: Engraved postage stamp |
| 12564 | United States Stamp - U.S. Frigate Constitution - 1797-1947 - Issued October 21, 1947 |
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| Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000 | 
Description: Media: Rotary Press-Bureau of Engraving and Printing Color: Blue green Size: 1.5625" x 1" Country: United States Postage Value: 3 Cents Issue Origin: To commemorate the 150th anniversary if the launching of the U.S. Frigate Constitution Issue Date: October 21, 1947 Issue Location: Charlestown Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 131,488,000 | |
| 12393 | Canada Stamp - Pierre Dugua de Mons - 1604 - Issued June 26, 2004 |
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| Engraved postage stamp. Artist - Suzanne Duranceau. Engraver - André Lavergne | 
Description: Engraved postage stamp. Artist - Suzanne Duranceau. Engraver - André Lavergne | |
| 12563 | United States Stamp - USS Constitution - The War of 1812 - Issued August 18, 2012 |
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| Title: USS Constitution - The War of 1812 Scott Cat. Number: 4703 Subject: War of 1812 Artist: Includes c. 1803 painting by Michele Felice Cornè Designer: Greg Breeding Art Director: Greg Breeding Typographer: Greg Breeding Media: Photogravure - Avery Dennison Color: Multicolor - Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black, 7506 (Tan) Size: 1.560" x 1.225" Country: United States Postage Value: 45 Cents Issue Series: Bicentennial of the War of 1812 - 1st in series Issue Origin: To commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Issue Date: August 18, 2012 Issue Location: Charleston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 25,000,000 | 
Description: Title: USS Constitution - The War of 1812 Scott Cat. Number: 4703 Subject: War of 1812 Artist: Includes c. 1803 painting by Michele Felice Cornè Designer: Greg Breeding Art Director: Greg Breeding Typographer: Greg Breeding Media: Photogravure - Avery Dennison Color: Multicolor - Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black, 7506 (Tan) Size: 1.560" x 1.225" Country: United States Postage Value: 45 Cents Issue Series: Bicentennial of the War of 1812 - 1st in series Issue Origin: To commemorate the bicentennial of the War of 1812. Issue Date: August 18, 2012 Issue Location: Charleston Navy Yard, Boston, Massachusetts Issue Size: 25,000,000 [show more] | |
| 12493 | India Stamp - William Carey (1761-1834)- Issued January 9, 1993 |
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| 12386 | Canada Stamp - Don de Dieu - Issued May 16, 2008 |
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