George W. Carver

When I was around twelve years old, a Russian neighbor called, Mrs. Sauchuck gave me a book – I still have it. It was a biography about George Washington Carver: one of the small, bright violet stamps on the second row, the second from left, depicts him.

The book from 1944 was called George Washington Carvery by Rackham Holt (see review). It’s a light read with a few illustrations like books were from the 1940s and 50s. It talked about his childhood and education, including his years in college. It was a mild success story and not much drama. However, there was something about the story and Carver that I enjoyed.

I read the book thoroughly; some parts I read more than once. I admired Carver very much and I identified with him because he was an intelligent and considerate person who surprised everyone: He did well despite how people treated him. As a boy, I imagined that very much to be my future.

Note

This page has a good many stamps on it. I prefer them arranged with many stamps like this, and not lots of pages with only a few on each. I like Leuchtturm, but I feel that on some pages they spread out the stamps oo much – maybe to sell more album pages.

Contains 20 spots: own 20 – 20 unused, 0 used.
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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
1.1	✓	955	Mississippi Territory	3c (apr 1948) comm., brown violet
1.2	✓	956	Four Chaplins S.S. Dorchester	3c (may 1948) comm., grey black
1.3	✓	964	John McLoughlin & Jason Lee	3c (aug 1948) comm., brown red
2.1	✓	960	William Allen White	3c (jul 1948) comm., bright red violet
2.2	✓	953	George Washington Carver	3c (jan 1948) comm., bright red violet
2.3	✓	965	Harlan Fiske Stone	3c (aug 1948) comm., bright red violet
2.4	✓	975	Will Rogers	3c (nov 1948) comm., bright red violet
2.5	✓	980	Joel Chandler Harris	3c (dec 1948) comm., bright red violet

Other

3.1	✓	954	Sutter’s Mill	3c (jan 1948) comm., deep violet
3.2	✓	957	Wisconsin Statehood	3c (may 1948) comm., deep violet
3.3	✓	959	Progress of Women Stanton, Catt & Mott	3c (jul 1948) comm., deep violet
4.1	✓	958	Swedish Pioneers	5c (jun 1948) comm., dark blue
4.2	✓	961	U.S. & Canada Friendship Niagara Railway Bridge	3c (aug 1948) comm., blue
4.3	✓	963	Youth Month	3c (aug 1948) comm., dark blue
5.1	✓	962	Francis Scott Key	3c (aug 1948) comm., pink
5.2	✓	967	Clara Barton	3c (sep 1948) comm., pink
5.3	✓	971	Peter Stuyvesant	3c (oct 1948) comm., bright rose carmine
6.1	✓	968	Am. Poultry Industry	3c (sep 1948) comm., sepia
6.2	✓	970	Fort Kearny	3c (sep 1948) comm., violet
6.3	✓	972	Native American Territories	3c (oct 1948) comm., dark brown

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.