Stamps

Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1938
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Plates
Also See: The Presidential Series of 1938 Identifer

Ratification of the Constitution Sesquicentennial
Philadelphia - June 21, 1938
73,043,650 issued

Delaware Swedish-Finnish Tercentenary
Flat Plate - Wilmington, Delaware - June 27, 1938
58,564,368 issued

Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial
Rotary Press - 400 Subject Plates
Marietta, Ohio - July 15, 1938
65,939,500 issued

Iowa Territory Centennial
Des Moines, Iowa - August 24, 1938
47,064,300 issued

The Air Mail Stamp of 1938
Flat Plate - Perforated 11 - 100 Subject Plates

6¢ Eagle Holding Shield, Olive Branch and Arrows
FDC: May 14, 1938
349,946,500 Issued

The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1938

Ordinary issue
see also: The Presidential Series of 1938 - "The Prexies"

Number 803 - The ½¢ Benjamin Franklin - May 19 Designer: Wm. K. Schrage - Engravers: John Eissler (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 804 - The 1¢ George Washington - April 25 Designer: Elaine Rawlinson - Engravers: J. Eissler(vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 805 - The 1½¢ Martha Washington - May 5 Designer: William Schrage - Engraver: Louis C. Kauffmann (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 806 - The 2¢ John Adams - June 3 Designer: William K. Schrage - Engravers: Charles A. Brooks (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 807 - The 3¢ Thomas Jefferson - June 16 Designer: William K. Schrage - Engravers: Carl T. Arlt (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 808 - The 4¢ James Madison - July 1 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: L. C. Kauffmann (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 809 - The 4½¢ White House - July 11 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: J. R. Lowe (vignette) · J. T. Vail & Edward M. Weeks (lettering)
Number 810 - The 5¢ James Monroe - July 21 Designer: R. L. Miller, Jr. - Engravers: J. Eissler (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 811 - The 6¢ John Quincy Adams - July 28 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: Frank Pauling (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 812 - The 7¢ Andrew Jackson - August 4 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: C. A. Brooks (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 813 - The 8¢ Martin Van Buren - August 11 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: C. A. Brooks (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 814 - The 9¢ William Henry Harrison - August 18 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: C. A. Brooks (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 815 - The 10¢ John Tyler - September 2 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: C. T. Arlt (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 816 - The 11¢ James K. Polk - September 8 Designer: R. L. Miller, Jr. - Engravers: L. C. Kauffmann (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 817 - The 12¢ Zachary Taylor - September 14 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: J. Eissler (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 818 - The 13¢ Millard Fillmore - September 22 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: F. Pauling (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 819 - The 14¢ Franklin Pierce - October 6 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: L. C. Kauffmann (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 820 - The 15¢ James Buchanan - October 13 Designer: R. L. Miller, Jr. - Engravers: C. A. Brooks (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 821 - The 16¢ Abraham Lincoln - October 20 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: C. T. Arlt (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 822 - The 17¢ Andrew Johnson - October 27 Designer: William Schrage - Engravers: L. C. Kauffmann (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 823 - The 18¢ Ulysses S. Grant - November 3 Designer: William Roach - Engravers: Frank Pauling (vignette) · George A. Payne (lettering)
Number 824 - The 19¢ Rutherford B. Hayes - November 10 Designer: R. L. Miller, Jr. - Engravers: C. A. Brooks (vignette) · George L. Huber (lettering)
Number 825 - The 20¢ James A. Garfield - November 10 Designer: William Roach - Engravers: C. A. Brooks (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 826 - The 21¢ Chester A. Arthur - November 22 Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engravers: W. O. Marks (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 827 - The 22¢ Grover Cleveland - November 22 Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engravers: M. D. Fenton (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 828 - The 24¢ Benjamin Harrison - December 2 Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engravers: C. A. Brooks (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 829 - The 25¢ William McKinley - December 2 Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engravers: J. R. Lowe (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 830 - The 30¢ Theodore Roosevelt - December 8 Designer: William Roach - Engravers: J. R. Lowe (vignette) · JGeorge A. Payne (lettering)
Number 831 - The 50¢ William Howard Taft - December 8 Designer: William Roach - Engravers: H. R. Rollins (vignette) · J. T. Vail (lettering)
Number 832 - $1 Woodrow Wilson - August 29 Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engravers: L. C. Kauffmann (vignette) · George L. Huber (lettering)
Number 833 - $2 Warren G. Harding - September 29 Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engravers: F. Pauling (vignette) · E. M. Hall & G. L. Huber(lettering)
Number 834 - $5 Calvin Coolidge - November 17 Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engravers: J. Eissler (vignette) · E. M. Hall & G. L. Huber(lettering)

Commemoratives
Number 835 - 3¢ Ratification of the Constitution Sesquicentennial Designer: V. McCloskey, Jr. - Engravers: M. Fenton (vignette) · W. Wells (lettering)
Number 836 - 3¢ Delaware Swedish-Finnish Tercentenary Designer: A. Meissner - Engravers: C. Arlt(vignette) · E. Weeks, W. Wells & J. Vail (lettering)
Number 837 - 3¢ Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial Designer: R. L. Miller, Jr. - Engravers: C. T. Arlt (vignette) · E. M. Hall & G. L. Huber (lettering)
Number 838 - 3¢ Iowa Territory Centennial Designer: Alvin R. Meissner - Engravers: Cael T. Arlt (vignette) · W. B. Wells (lettering)

"Lettering" refers to the lettering, numerals and, where applicable, the frame. Each engraver was assigned a portion of the stamp which emphasized his particular area of expertise. In practice, this meant the senior engravers were assigned the task of engraving the portrait or vignette and the less senior engravers the task of engraving the numerals, lettering and frame.

Air Mail
Number C23 - The 6¢ Bi-Color Eagle Holding Shield, Olive Branch and Arrows Designer: Wm. Schrage - Engravers: C. A. Brooks & R. Ponickau (vignette) · W. B. Wells (lettering)

Special Delivery
There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1938.

Suggested reading
Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Stamps of the United States 1933-1945 - by Brian C. Baur (1993 Linn's Stamp News)