Americana
In general, I don’t particularly like the design of these stamps. However, they did serve well as definitives – stamps that aren’t commemoratives and are dull standard stamps. What I find interesting about them is that they used colored, aged looking paper. I don’t particularly like that, but it’s unusual for U.S. stamps.
Each stamp has a phrase curved around two edges. Some of them are quotes from famous leaders of the time of the U.S. revolution. For example, from Thomas Jefferson there’s the line, “Liberty depends on freedom of the press.” There’s an excerpt from Longfellow’s Paul Revere’s Ride: “Midnight Ride - One if by land, two if by sea.” And some don’t seem to be a famous quote, but a comment about the topic of the stamp.
They seems a little random or disorganized, but there are groupings of sub-themes for this Americana series, four stamps for each topic: roots of democracy, rights and freedoms, symbols of America, pioneer America, and America’s light. That’s not necesarily very complete, but I guess they were good at making citizens during the bicentennial aware of core elements of the founding of the country.
Note
As I was moving these stamps from my old stockbooks to this album page, I was surprised to discover that I’ve had all of them. I seem to remember buying them from the post office, not from a stamp dealer. It’s difficult to get all of the stamps offered by the post office when at a local branch. They don’t always have everything available and don’t have the patience to show you all they have in their drawer for sale. They usually have a line of people waiting.
At that time, though, the post office had started selling stamps by mail. They would mail me a catalog of all of the stamps available, as well as upcoming issues. I remember going through the catalog and filling out an order form for the stamps I wanted. I must have ordered one of each. I’m glad I did now.
Contains 20 spots: own 20 – 20 unused, 0 used.
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Album or Web Page Last changed Aug 29, 2024
Stamp Details
The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.
spot |
own |
catalog |
subject |
description |
comment |
Americana Definitives
✓ |
1581 |
1c (dec 1977) |
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✓ |
1582 |
2c (dec 1977) |
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✓ |
1584 |
3c (dec 1977) |
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✓ |
1585 |
4c (dec 1977) |
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✓ |
1590 |
9c (mar 1977) |
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✓ |
1592 |
Right to Petition |
10c (nov 1977) |
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✓ |
1596 |
13c (dec 1975) |
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✓ |
1595 |
13c (oct 1975) |
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✓ |
1593 |
11c (nov 1975) |
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✓ |
1594 |
12c (apr 1981) |
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✓ |
1597 |
15c (jun 1978) |
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✓ |
1599 |
16c (mar 1978) |
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✓ |
1603 |
24c (nov 1975) |
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✓ |
1604 |
28c (aug 1978) |
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✓ |
1608 |
50c (sep 1979) |
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✓ |
1610 |
$1 (jul 1979) |
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✓ |
1605 |
29c (apr 1978) |
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✓ |
1606 |
30c (aug 1979) |
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✓ |
1611 |
2$ (nov 1978) |
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✓ |
1612 |
5$ (aug 1979) |
Footnotes
Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.
