Washington

There are plenty of stamps depicting George Washington, the first U.S. president. U.S. stamps with his image on them are probably more than any one else. However, this series of Washington stamps in the first three rows of t his album page are the best. They’re to commemorate the bicentenial of his birth.

These stamps, showing George Washington at various ages and various points in his career, are so well done. Clair Aubrey Huston and Alvin Meissner designed the stamps based on famous paintings and statues of Washington. The names of the artists for each painint is listed under each entry in the table below.

Incidentally, these bicentenial stamps were issued in 1932, which suggests he was born in 1732, but that isn’t true by some calendars. Washington was born on February 11, 1731 based on the Julian calendar, which was in use at the time of his birth. In 1752, England and its colonies switched to the Gregorian calendar. As a result, Washington’s birthday became February 22, 1732.

Note

As mentioned elsewhere, I’ve started buying U.S. stamps. It wasn’t until recently that I finally completed this set of Washington stamps. I’m very happy about that.

Contains 18 spots: own 18 – 18 unused, 0 used.
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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.

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Washington Bicentennial

1.1	✓	704	George Washington Charles Willson Peale	½c (jan 1932) comm., olive brown
1.2	✓	705	George Washington Jean-Antoine Houdon	1c (jan 1932) comm., green
1.3	✓	706	George Washington Charles Willson Peale	1½c (jan 1932) comm., brown
1.4	✓	707	George Washington Gilbert Stuart	2c (jan 1932) comm., carmine rose
2.1	✓	708	George Washington Charles Willson Peale	3c (jan 1932) comm., deep violet
2.2	✓	709	George Washington Charles Peale Polk	4c (jan 1932) comm., light brown
2.3	✓	710	George Washington Charles Willson Peale	5c (jan 1932) comm., blue
2.4	✓	711	Washington at Trenton John Trumbull	6c (jan 1932) comm., red orange
2.5	✓	712	George Washington John Trumbull	7c (jan 1932) comm., black
3.1	✓	713	George Washington Charles Saint-Mémin	8c (jan 1932) comm., olive bistre
3.2	✓	714	George Washington William Joseph Williams	9c (jan 1932) comm., bright red
3.3	✓	715	George Washington Gilbert Stuart	10c (jan 1932) comm., yellow orange

Other

4.1	✓	724	William Penn	3c (oct 1932) comm., violet
4.2	✓	717	Arbor Day	2c (apr 1932) comm., carmine rose
4.3	✓	725	Daniel Webster	3c (oct 1932) comm., violet
5.1	✓	718	Tenth Olympic Games Los Angeles, Cal.	3c (jun 1932) comm., violet
5.2	✓	716	Third Winter Olympics Lake Placid, N.Y.	2c (jan 1932) comm., carmine rose
5.3	✓	719	Tenth Olympic Games Los Angeles, Cal.	5c (jun 1932) comm., blue

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.