The Teens
Halley’s comet lit up the night sky to begin the decade. American workers began moving from farms to factories. The Ford Motor Co. refined the automobile assembly line. Traffic lights and white lane dividers became part of the American landscape.
Scientific and technological achievements changed society. In 1911, in New York, fingerprint evidence alone was used for the first time in the United States to arrest a burglar. Jim Thorpe was an international spots star, but Tarzan was an even more popular hero.
The accidental sinking of the luxury liner Titanic shocked the nation, but it was the sinking of another ship, the Lisitania, the upset society, leading to U.S. involvement in World War I. Two million American soldiers fought in Europe and more than 116,500 lost their lives.
Americans saw the light as the decade ended: Daylight saving time was instituted in 1918.
Note
As I’ve mentioned elsewhere, I don’t particularly like these types of souvenir sheets, ones this large. But I do like most of the stamps in this series. I just can’t imagine people buying one of these sheets and then using the stamps. It’s more of ploy to get stamp collectors and other to buy them and not use them – which is very profitable for the Post Office.
Contains 15 spots: own 0 – 0 unused, 0 used.
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 |
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3183a |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183b |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183c |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183d |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183e |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183f |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183g |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183h |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183i |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183j |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183k |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183l |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183m |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183n |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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3183o |
32¢ (02 1998) |
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.
