Afforable Firsts
Perhaps not to be outdone by Farley, the previous postmaster, the new postmaster, Robert Hannegan issued this souvenir sheet depicting the first two stamps issued by the U.S. Post Office in 1847.
It’s kind of silly, but they are very nicely done – the stamps embedded in the souvenir sheet. What’s particularly nice about reprints like these is that it allows collectors who don’t have much money, such as children to have a copy of the first U.S. stamps at an affordable price.
Note
I’ve had this souvenir sheet for a long time, perhaps over thirty years. It never occurred to me to also buy stamps that were cut out of the souvenir sheet. But that’s how Leuchtturm seems to layout the album pages for souvenir sheets. That seems almost a shame to reduce the number of souvenir sheets by having collectors buy two: one complete and a second to cut out the stamps.
I could just ignore the extra spaces, maybe remove them in Adobe Photoshop on this site. Or maybe create my own album page with only the souvenir sheet. That would be easy to do. But I decided to cooperate with this convention.
Contains 3 spots: own 3 – 3 unused, 0 used.
Page is finished.
Album or Web Page Last changed Mar 23, 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 |
comment |
Souvenir Sheet
✓ |
948 |
15c (may 1947) |
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✓ |
948aA |
5c (may 1947) |
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✓ |
948bB |
10c (may 1947) |
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.
