Cat. #1384 Christmas Commemorative Stamp Issue of 1969

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Cat. #1384 Christmas Commemorative Stamp Issue of 1969


Design # A806
Perf 11 x 10 1/2
Tagged
Denomination: 6c
Colors: dark green & multicolored
First Day of Issue: Nov. 3, 1969
Stamp Value:
Single:
MNH - .20
Used - .20
PB#10 - 1.40
(5 Plate #, 2-3 Zip, 2-3 Mail Early
Precancelled
MNH - .50
Used - .20
1384b Imperf. pair 1,000.
1384c light green omitted 22.50
1384d light green, yellow & red omitted 950. ---
1384e yellow omitted 2,250.
1384f Tagging omitted 5.00 ---
1384g red & yellow omitted 3,000.
1384h light green & yellow omitted ---

Note: The precancel value refers to the least expensive variety of the experimental precancels printed locally in just four cities. They were on tagged stamps, with the names between lines 4 1/2 mm apart. Thet were printed in black or green as "ATLANTA, GA" and in green only "BALTIMORE, MD, MEMPHIS, TN, and NEW HAVEN, CT. They were sold to the public and could be used on any class of mail at any post office during and after the experimental program.

Note: Most known copies of 1384c show some orange where the offset green was printed. The value is for this variety. The type without any orange at all have a higher value.


First Day Cities: Christmas, Florida
Quantity Issued: Stamps 1,709,795,000 FDC's ( 555,500 )

Purpose: Christmas Issue of 1969 -
FDC Prices: [ ] 2. single [ ] 2.50 pair [ ] 3. block of 4 [ ] 4. Zip Block [ ] 6. Plate Block of 4

Stamp Size: 0.84 inches x 1.44 inches vert
Designed by Stevan Dohanos

Subject: Winter in Norway, Maine. The painting is from an unknown artist around 1870. It is from the N.Y. State Historical Assocaiaion in Cooperstown, N.Y.

Text: "Christmas - United States 6c"
Engraved Multicolor (Huck) Press Printing Panes of 50 (10 x 5)
Plate numbers used =

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This eighth Christmas stamp depicts a Winter Sunday in Norway, Maine. Dating from 1870, the painting recalls an era when the sleigh was common transportation for goods and people in snow-bound areas. It was an era that made the song Jingle Bells, written by J.S. Pierpont in 1857, the first popular Christmas song by an American composer. "Dashing through the snow / In a one-horse open sleigh, / O'er the fields we go, / Laughing all the way," is how it began, and one can only speculate how many of the faithful on their way to Christmas services sang it exuberantly.