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Description

George Washington, overprinted Molly Pitcher

Same as

554

Theme

Revolutionary War
More info

This is a meta series that encompases all commemorative stamps with the Revolutionary War theme.

1¢ George Washington at Cambridge (1775)
2¢ Liberty Bell (1752), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2¢ Alexander Hamilton’s Battery, by Edmund Franklin Ward
2¢ George Washington praying at Valley Forge (1866)
2¢ George Washington, overprinted Molly Pitcher
2¢ The Fall of Fort Sackville (1923), by Frederick Coffay Yohn
2¢ John Sullivan (1740-1795), Continental Congress delegate
2¢ Count de Rochambeau, Washington, and Count de Grasse
3¢ Proclamation of Peace

Series

Battle of Monmouth Issue
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2¢ George Washington, overprinted Molly Pitcher

Face Value

2¢

Date Issued

20-Oct-1928

Location

Philatelic Agency in Washington DC
Freehold, New Jersey
Red Bank, New Jersey

Run Qty

Unknown

Separation

Perforations

Perferations

10.5 x 11

Print Method

Recess and Typography

Printing Process

Rotary Press

Color(s)

Carmine

Watermark

None - No watermark

Notes

This stamp was issued with the overprint due to budgetary issues and to New Jersey's insistence that they be honored for their part in the war. Supposedly Molly was married to a soldier in the battle and performed great deeds that day, including bringing water to the soldiers in a pitcher. She also supposedly manned a cannon after her hisband was wounded.

People

Huston, Claire Aubrey - Designer
Benzing, Joachim C - Engraver (lettering)
Hall, Edward M - Engraver (lettering)
Baldwin, Marcus W - Engraver (vignette)

See also

1847us.com Arago colnect.com Jim's Stamp Album

In Collection

Acquired	No	Stamp Qty
12/21/2013		1
Stamp Qty 1 Acquired 12/21/2013 - Unused; Unhinged Gum Cond Mint never hinged Centering Fine to very fine Location American Heirloom Volume 1

Values

Used

$1.00

Mint

$1.00

PB or LP

$37.50

Count

FDC

$15.00

Values as of

2015

1928 in History

Letter Rate

2¢

Package Rate

2¢

Postcard Rate

1¢

Effective

7/1/1919

American President
Calvin Coolidge (8/2/1923-3/4/1929)

Argentine President
Hipólito Yrigoyen (10/12/1928-9/6/1930)

Australian Prime Minister
Stanley Bruce (2/9/1923-10/22/1929)

Austrian President
Michael Hainisch (12/9/1920-12/10/1928)

Belgian Prime Minister
Henri Jaspar (5/20/1926-6/6/1931)

Brazilian President
Washington Luís (11/15/1926-10/24/1930)

British Prime Minister
Stanley Baldwin (11/4/1924-6/4/1929)

Canadian Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King (9/25/1926-8/7/1930)

German President
Paul von Hindenburg (5/12/1925-8/2/1934)

Japanese Prime Minister
Tanaka Giichi (4/20/1927-7/2/1929)

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