Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz.
Postcard Rate: 1¢
Air Mail Rate: 6¢ per oz.
Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1951
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates
United Confederate Veterans
Norfolk, VA - May 30
119,120,000 issued
The Nevada Centennial
Genoa, Nevada - July 14
112,125,000 issued
The Landing of Cadillac
Detroit, MI - July 24
114,140,000 issued
The Colorado Statehood
Minturn, CO - Aug.1
114,490,000 issued
The American Chemical Society
New York, NY - Sept. 4
117,200,000 issued
Battle of Brooklyn
Brooklyn, NY - Dec.10
116,130,000 issued
The Special Delivery Stamp of 1951
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates
20¢ Black Post Office Truck
Washington, D.C.
Nov.30, 1951
The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1951
Ordinary issue
There were no new Regular Issue stamps issued in 1951.
Commemoratives
Number 998 - 3¢ United Confederate Veterans - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 999 - 3¢ Nevada Centennial - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 1000 - 3¢ Landing of Cadillac - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 1001 - 3¢ Colorado Statehood - Designer: Wm. K. Schrage - Engraver: G. A. Gundersen
Number 1002 - 3¢ American Chemical Society - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: H. F. Fitcher
Number 1003 - 3¢ Battle of Brooklyn - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Air Mail
There were no new Air Mail stamps issued in 1951.
Special Delivery
Number E19 - 20¢ Black Post Office Truck