Henry Clay

These stamps are pretty much the same as the previous page, but with slight deviations (no grill embossed on the backs). They include the usual suspects – Franklin, Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, and Lincoln – but also some of Lincoln’s near contemporaries: Winfield Scott, Edwin Stanton, Daniel Webster, and Henry Clay.

Henry Clay represented Kentucky in the U.S. House of Representative, although he was born in Virginia, and was the Speaker of the House. Later he became a U.S. Senator, also for Kentucky. He ran for president a few times, but was never successful. In 1825, President John Quincy Adams appointed Clay Secretary of State. Aftewards Adams left office, he became a Senator for Kentucky, again.

Incidentally, John Quincy Adams who also started in Congress, returned to the House of Representatives after leaving the presidency. He’s the only president to have done that. President Andrew Johnson, having lost the nomination for re-election, attempted to return to the House, but lost. Two years later, though, Johnson was elected to the Senate. Similar to both of them, President Howard Taft became Chief Justice of the Supreme Court after his presidency.

Note

Although all of these stamp that I have on this album page are used, it’s a little more respectable looking than the sparse and empty pages before this one. Plus, the post marks on all of these are either minimal or don’t obscure the stamps too much. I wish there was a way I could safely remove the cancelation ink without damaging the stamp or removing the stamp’s ink.

Contains 21 spots: own 16 – 0 unused, 16 used.
Album or Web Page Last changed Mar 22, 2025

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
1.1	✗	145	Benjamin Franklin	1c (may 1870) definitive, ultramarine
1.2	✗	146	Andrew Jackson	2c (may 1870) definitive, red brown
2.1	✗	147	George Washington	3c (mar 1870) definitive, green
2.2	✗	148	Abraham Lincoln	6c (mar 1870) definitive, carmine
2.3	✗	149	Edwin Stanton	7c (mar 1871) definitive, vermilion
2.4	✗	150	Thomas Jefferson	10c (may 1870) definitive, brown
2.5		151	Henry Clay	12c (jul 1870) definitive, dull violet
3.1	✗	152	Daniel Webster	15c (jun 1870) definitive, bright orange
3.2		153	Winfield Scott	24c (nov 1870) definitive, purple
3.3	✗	154	Alexander Hamilton	30c (jul 1870) definitive, black
3.4		155	Cmdr. Oliver Perry	90c (sep 1872) definitive, carmine
4.1	✗	156	Benjamin Franklin	1c (aug 1873) definitive, ultramarine
4.2	✗	157	Andrew Jackson	2c (jul 1873) definitive, brown
4.3	✗	158	George Washington	3c (jul 1873) definitive, green
4.4	✗	159	Abraham Lincoln	6c (jun 1873) definitive, dull pink
4.5		160	Edwin Stanton	7c (sep 1873) definitive, orange vermilion
5.1	✗	161	Thomas Jefferson	10c (aug 1873) definitive, brown
5.2	✗	162	Henry Clay	12c (jan 1874) definitive, blackish violet
5.3	✗	163	Daniel Webster	15c (jul 1873) definitive, yellow orange
5.4	✗	165	Alexander Hamilton	30c (oct 1874) definitive, grey black
5.5		166	Cmdr. Oliver Perry	90c (jun 1875) definitive, bright rose carmine

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.