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Count de Rochambeau, Washington, and Count de Grasse

Theme

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

Yorktown Issue
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2¢ Count de Rochambeau, Washington, and Count de Grasse

Face Value

2¢

Date Issued

19-Oct-1931

Location

Wethersfield, Connecticut
Yorktown, Virginia

Run Qty

Unknown

Separation

Perforations

Perferations

11 x 11

Print Method

Recess

Printing Process

Flat Plate

Color(s)

Black; Carmine

Watermark

None - No watermark

Notes

Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown. Celebrates the sesquicentennial of the victory over Lord Conwallis in Yorktown nu General Washington and his troops.

People

Huston, Claire Aubrey - Designer
Hall, Edward M - Engraver (lettering)
Eissler, John - Engraver (vignette)

See also

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

Key Word(s)

Surrender of Cornwallis at Yorktown Sesquicentennial Surrender Cornwallis Yorktown General George Washington Rochambeau DeGrasse Revolutionary War Revolutionary War 150

In Collection

Acquired	No	Stamp Qty
4/11/2018		1
Stamp Qty 1 Acquired 4/11/2018 - Unused; Unhinged Gum Cond Mint never hinged Centering Fine Location Lighthouse Vario F Binder (Blue)

Values

Used

$0.25

Mint

$0.35

PB or LP

$3.00

Count

FDC

$3.50

Values as of

2015

1931 in History

Letter Rate

2¢

Package Rate

2¢

Postcard Rate

1¢

Effective

7/1/1919

American President
Herbert Hoover (3/4/1929-3/4/1933)

Argentine President
José Félix Uriburu (9/6/1930-2/20/1932)

Australian Prime Minister
James Scullin (10/22/1929-1/6/1932)

Austrian President
Wilhelm Miklas (12/10/1928-3/13/1938)

Belgian Prime Minister
Jules Renkin (6/6/1931-10/22/1932)

Brazilian President
Getúlio Vargas (11/3/1930-10/29/1945)

Brazilian General of the Army
Getúlio Vargas (11/3/1930-10/29/1945)

Brazilian Admiral of the Navy
Getúlio Vargas (11/3/1930-10/29/1945)

Brazilian Divisional General of the Army
Getúlio Vargas (11/3/1930-10/29/1945)

British Prime Minister
Ramsay MacDonald (6/5/1929-6/7/1935)

Canadian Prime Minister
Richard Bedford Bennett (8/7/1930-10/23/1935)

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

Japanese Prime Minister
Wakatsuki Reijiro (4/14/1931-12/13/1931)

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