United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940

Identifier:
12570  
Title:
United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940
Subject:
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.
Creator:
Roach - William A. Roach (1888-1969)
Wells - William B. Wells (1874-1942)
Vail - James T. Vail (1907-)
Roberts - Gilroy Roberts (1905-1992)
Arlt - Carl Theodore Arlt (1883-1958)
Publisher:
United States Postal Service
Place:
Boston MA area, Cambridge
State:
MA
Country:
USA
Date:
1940

Citation

Roach - William A. Roach (1888-1969) et al., “United States Stamp - Charles William Eliot (1834-1926) - Issued March 28, 1940,” Southwest Harbor Public Library, accessed April 25, 2024, https://swhpl.digitalarchive.us/items/show/3327.Item 12570

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