Postage Stamps of the United States - 1967

Politics


President
Lyndon Baines Johnson

Postmaster General
Lawrence F. O'Brien

Music



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1967 "To Sir With Love"

Postage Rates

Domestic Letter Rate: 5¢ per oz.

Postcard Rate: 4¢

Air Mail Rate: 8¢ per oz.


Stamps

Commemorative Postage Stamps of 1967
Offset (Litho) and Engraved (Giori Press) - Perf 11 - 200 Subject Plates - 4 panes of 50

Erie Canal 150th Anniversary
Rome, NY - July 4 - 118,780,000 issued
red & lt. blue litho - black & drk. blue engraved

Nebraska Statehood
Lincoln, NE - July 29 - 117,225,000 issued
yellow & green litho - dark red brown engraved

Davy Crockett
San Antonio, TX - Aug. 17 - 114,270,000 issued
green & yellow green litho - black engraved

Voice of America 25th Anniv.
Washington, D.C. - Aug. 1 - 111,515,000 issued
blue lithographed - black & red engraved

Urban Planning For better Cities
D.C. - Oct. 2 - 110,675,000 issued
light blue lithographed - blue/black engraved

Madonna and Child by Hans Memling
Bethlehem, GA - Nov. 6 - 1,208,700,000
blue & orange litho - red/brown engraved

American Astronaut Walking in Space
Kennedy Space Center, FL - Sep. 29 - 120,865,000 issued
red & light blues lithographed - dark blue, aqua earth & black engraved

Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject Plates - 4 panes of 50

National Grange 100th Anniv.
Washington, D.C. - April 17 - 121,105,000 issued

Henry David Thoreau
Concord, MA - July 12 - 111,850,000 issued

Finland Independence 50th Anniv
Finland, MN - Oct. 6 - 110,670,000 issued

Canada Centenary
Montreal, Canada - May 25 - 132,045,000 issued

Lions International Essay Contest
Chicago, IL - July 5 - 121,985,000 issued

Mississippi Statehood 150th Anniv.
Natchez, MS - Dec. 11 - 113,330,000 issued

Photogravure - Perf 12 - 200 Subject Plates - 4 panes of 50

"The Biglin Brothers Racing" by Thomas Eakins
D.C. - Nov. 2 - 113,825,000 issued

The Air Mail Stamps of 1967
Giori Press - Perf 11 - 200 Subject Plates

8¢ Alaska Purchase Air Mail Stamp
Sitka, AK - Mar. 30 - 55,710,000 issued

20¢ Audubon Air Mail Stamp
New York, NY - April 26 - more than 50 million issued

The following postage stamp varieties were first issued by the U.S. in 1967

Regular Issue
see: 1965 Prominent Americans Issue
Number 1279 - 1 ¢ Albert Gallatin - Renaissance Man - Designer: P. Amarantides - Engraver: E. R. Felver - Jan. 30, 1967
Number 1281 - 3¢ Francis Parkman - Author - Designer: Bill Hyde - Engraver: E. R. Felver - Sep. 16, 1967
Number 1282 - 4¢ Abraham Lincoln - Designer: Bill Hyde - Engraver: J. S. Creamer
Number 1283b - 5¢ George Washington("Clean Shaven") - Designer: Stevan Dohanos - Engraver: J. S. Creamer - Nov. 17, 1967
Number 1284b - 6¢ Franklin D. Roosevelt - Type I - Booklet Pane of 8 - Tagged - Dec. 28, 1967
Number 1298 - 6¢ Franklin D. Roosevelt - Type I - Perf 10 Coil - Tagged - Dec. 28, 1967
Number 1286 - 10¢ Andrew Jackson - Designer: Lester Beall - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman - Mar. 15, 1967
Number 1287 - 13¢ John F. Kennedy - Designer: Stevan Dohanos - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman - May 29, 1967
Number 1289 - 20¢ George C. Marshall - Designer: Robert Geissmann - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman - Oct. 24, 1967
Number 1290 - 25¢ Fredrick Douglass - Designer: W. D. Richard - Engraver: A. W. Dintaman - Feb. 14, 1967
Number 1294 - $1 Eugene O'Neill - Designer: Norman Todhunter- Engraver: A. W. Dintaman - Oct. 16, 1967

Commemoratives
Number 1323 - 5¢ American Farmer's Organization - Tagged - Designer: Lee Pavao - Engraver: E. R. Felver
Number 1323a - 5¢ American Farmer's Organization - Tagging Omitted
Number 1324 - 5¢ Abstract Canadian Landscape - Tagged - Designer: Ivan Chermayeff - Engraver: E. R. Felver
Number 1324a - 5¢ Abstract Canadian Landscape - Tagging Omitted
Number 1325 - 5¢ Early Canal Boat - Tagged - Designer: George Samerjan
Number 1325a - 5¢ Early Canal Boat - Tagging Omitted
Number 1326 - 5¢ Dove Symbolizing Peace - Tagged - Designer: Bradbury Thompson - Engraver: J. S. Creamer
Number 1326a - 5¢ Dove Symbolizing Peace - Tagging Omitted
Number 1327 - 5¢ Henry David Thoreau - Tagged - Designer: Leonard Baskin - Engraver: J. S. Creamer
Number 1327a - 5¢ Henry David Thoreau - Tagging Omitted
Number 1328 - 5¢ Hereford Steer over Ear of Corn - Tagged - Designer: Julian K. Billings - Engraver: J. S. Creamer
Number 1328a - 5¢ Hereford Steer over Ear of Corn - Tagging Omitted
Number 1329 - 5¢ Radio Waves from a Radio Tower - Tagged - Designer: George Olden - Engraver: (J. S. Creamer?)
Number 1329a - 5¢ Radio Waves from a Radio Tower - Tagging Omitted
Number 1330 - 5¢ Davy Crockett - Tagged - Designer: Robert Bode - Engraver: E. R. Felver
Number 1330a - 5¢ Davy Crockett - Vertical Pair Imperforate Between
Number 1330b - 5¢ Davy Crockett - Green Missing from Foldover
Number 1330c - 5¢ Davy Crockett - Black and Green Missing from Foldover
Number 1330e - 5¢ Davy Crockett - Tagging Omitted
Number 1331 - 5¢ American Astronaut Walking in Space - Tagged - Designer: Paul Calle - Engraver: J. S. Creamer
Number 1331b - 5¢ American Astronaut Walking in Space - Tagging Omitted
Number 1332 - 5¢ Gemini 4 Capsule - Tagged - Designer: Paul Calle - Engraver: J. S. Creamer
Number 1332a - 5¢ Gemini 4 Capsule - Tagging Omitted
Number 1333 - 5¢ Design of Model City - Tagged - Designer: Francis Ferguson - Engraver: J. F. Sharpless
Number 1333a - 5¢ Design of Model City - Tagging Omitted
Number 1334 - 5¢ Coat of Arms of Finland - Tagged - Designer: Bradbury Thompson - Engraver: E. R. Felver
Number 1334a - 5¢ Coat of Arms of Finland - Tagging Omitted
Number 1335 - 5¢ The Biglin Brothers Racing - Photogravure - Tagged - Painted By: Thomas Eakins - This stamp was not engraved
Number 1335a - 5¢ The Biglin Brothers Racing - Photogravure - Tagging Omitted
Number 1336 - 5¢ Hans Memling's Madonna and Child - Tagged - Designer: Howard Mildner - Engraver: E. R. Felver
Number 1336a - 5¢ Hans Memling's Madonna and Child - Tagging Omitted
Number 1337 - 5¢ Magnolia Blossom - State Flower of Mississippi - Tagged - Designer: Andrew Bucci - Engraver: J. S. Creamer
Number 1337a - 5¢ Magnolia Blossom - State Flower of Mississippi - Tagging Omitted

Air Mail
Number C62a - 13¢ Liberty Bell Air Mail Stamp - Tagged - Feb. 15, 1967
Number C63a - 15¢Statue of Liberty Air Mail Stamp - Tagged - Jan. 11, 1967
Number C67a - 6¢ Bald Eagle Air Mail Stamp - Tagged - Feb. 15, 1967
Number C70 - 8¢ Tlingit Totem Pole - Tagged - Mar. 30, 1967 - Designer: Willard R. Cox
Number C71 - 20¢ "Columbia Jays" by John J. Audubon - Tagged - Apr. 26, 1967
Number C71a - 20¢ "Columbia Jays" by John J. Audubon - Tagging Omitted

Special Delivery
There were no new Special Delivery stamps issued in 1967.