Postage Stamps of the United States - 1954

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Arthur E. Summerfield

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1954 "Little Things Mean A Lot"

Postage Rates

Domestic Letter Rate: 3¢ per oz.

Postcard Rate: 2¢

Air Mail Rate: 6¢ per oz.


Stamps

Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1954
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates
Also See: Series of 1954 Liberty Issue

Columbia University Bicentennial
New York, NY - Jan. 4, 1954
118,540,000 issued

Nebraska Territorial Centennial
Nebraska City, NE - May 7, 1954
115,810,000 issued

Kansas Territory Centennial
Fort Leavenworth, KS - May 31, 1954
113,603,700 issued

The George Eastman Stamp
Rochester, NY - July 12, 1954
280 Subject Electric Eye Plates - 128,002,000 issued

Lewis and Clark Expedition Sesquicentennial
Sioux City, IA - July 28, 1954
"Dry" Method Printing - 116,078,150 issued

The Air Mail Stamp of 1954
Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 400 Subject Electric Eye Plates

4¢ Eagle in Flight Air Mail Stamp
Philadelphia, PA - Sep. 3, 1954
50,483,977 issued

The Special Delivery Stamp of 1954
Web Fed Rotary Press - Perf 11 x 10½ - 200 Subject Electric Eye Plates - "Dry" Printing Method

20¢ Mailman Handing Letter
Boston, MA - Oct. 13, 1954

Ordinary issue
see also: Series of 1954 Liberty Issue
Number 1031b - 1¢ George Washington - Wet Printing - Aug. 26, 1954
Number 1033 - 2¢ Thomas Jefferson - Dry Printing - Sep. 15, 1954
Number 1033a - 2¢ Thomas Jefferson - Silkote Variety - Dec. 1954
Number 1035a - 3¢ Statue of Liberty - Booklet Pane, Wet Printing - 6/30/54
Number 1035 - 3¢ Statue of Liberty - Wet Printing - June 24, 1954
Number 1036c - 4¢ Abraham Lincoln - Wet Printing - Nov. 19, 1954
Number 1038 - 5¢ James Monroe - Dry Printing - Dec. 2, 1954
Number 1041 - 8¢ Statue of Liberty - Flat Plate Printing - April 9, 1954
Number 1041B - 8¢ Statue of Liberty - Rotary Press Printing - April 9, 1954
Number 1054c - 1¢ Washington Coil - Wet Printing - Large Holes - Oct. 8, 1954
Number 1055d - 2¢ Jefferson Coil - Large Holes - Wet Printing - Oct. 22, 1954
Number 1057c - 3¢ Statue of Liberty Coil - Wet Printing - Large Holes - July 20, 1954

Commemoratives
Number 1029 - 3¢ Columbia University Bicentennial Stamp - Designer: McCloskey, Jr. - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 1060 - 3¢ Nebraska Territorial Centennial Stamp - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 1061 - 3¢ Kansas Territorial Centennial Stamp - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: R. M. Bower
Number 1062 - 3¢ George Eastman Stamp - Designer: Wm. K. Schrage - Engraver: C. A. Brooks
Number 1063 - 3¢ Lewis and Clark Expedition Sesquicentennial - Designer: C. R. Chickering - Engraver: C. A. Brooks

Air Mail
Number C48 - 4¢ Eagle in Flight Air Mail Stamp

Special Delivery
Number E20 - 20¢ Mailman Handing Letter to Customer