Postage Stamps of the United States - 1950

Politics


President
Harry S Truman

Postmaster General
Jesse M. Donaldson

Music



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1950 "Tennessee Waltz"

Postage Rates

Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz.

Postcard Rate: 1¢

Air Mail Rate: 6¢ per oz.


Stamps

Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1950
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates

75th Anniv. American Bankers Assoc.
Saratoga Springs, NY - Jan. 3, 1950
130,960,000 issued

The White House
Washington, D.C. - June 12, 1950
130,050,000 issued

The Supreme Court Building
Washington, D.C. - Aug. 2, 1950
131,350,000 issued

United States Capitol Building
Washington, D.C. - Nov. 22, 1950
129,980,000 issued

The Casey Jones Stamp
Jackson, TN - April 29, 1950
122,315,000 issued

Centenary of Kansas City, Missouri
Kansas City, MO - June 3, 1950
122,170,000 issued

Boy Scouts of America Issue
Valley Forge, PA - June 30, 1950
131,635,000 issued

Indiana Territory Sesquicentennial
Vincennes, IN - July 4, 1950
121,860,000 issued

California Statehood Centennial
Sacramento, CA - Sep. 9, 1950
121,120,000 issued

Rotary Press - Perf 10½ x 11 - 200 Subject Plates

American Labor Leader Samuel Gompers
Washington, D.C. - Jan. 27, 1950
128,478,000 issued

Statue of Freedom on Capitol Dome
Washington, D.C. - April 20, 1950
132,090,000 issued

The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1950

Ordinary issue
There were no new Regular Issue stamps issued in 1950.

Commemoratives
Number 987 - 3¢ 75th Anniv. of the American Bankers Association - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 988 - 3¢ Famous American Labor Leader Samuel Gompers - Designer: McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 989 - 3¢ Statue of Freedom on the Capitol Building Dome - Designer: McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 990 - 3¢ White House - The Executive Mansion - Designer: Wm. K. Schrage - Engraver: M. D. Fenton
Number 991 - 3¢ Supreme Court Building - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: G. A. Gundersen
Number 992 - 3¢ United States Capitol Building - Designer: R. L. Miller - Engraver: C. T. Arlt
Number 993 - 3¢ Casey Jones Stamp - Railroad Engineers Issue - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 994 - 3¢ Centenary of Kansas City, Missouri - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Number 995 - 3¢ Boy Scouts of America Issue - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 996 - 3¢ Sesquicentennial of Indiana Territory - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: G. A. Gundersen
Number 997 - 3¢ California Statehood Centennial - Designer: V. S. McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: M. D. Fenton

Air Mail
There were no new Air Mail stamps issued in 1950.

Special Delivery
There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1950.