Smithsonian

The Smithsonian Institute is composed of a few museums located in Washington, D.C. along the parkway, or the National Mall from the front of the U.S. Capitol to the Washington Memorial.

The first stamp on the second row of this album page shows the main or original building, the Smithsonian Castle, which was built in 1849 to 1855.

It’s a magnificant set of museums. I don’t generally like visiting museums, but the Smithsonian is very much an exception. It’s composed of twelve buildings and museums. I’ve visited several of them every time I’ve been to Washington since I was a child.

Note

There aren’t many stamps on this page, but I have all of them – which is always satisfying. There are few stamps on this page that have nice designs. First, I like the Smithsonian stamp on the second row. Similar in design and color is the first stamp on the fourth row, showing the painting, The Doctor by Sir Luke Fildes. The original painting is much better, though.

Contains 10 spots: own 10 – 10 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.

spot	own	catalog	subject	description
1.1	✓	945	Thomas Edison	3c (feb 1947) comm., red violet
2.1	✓	943	Smithsonian Institution	3c (aug 1946) comm., brown lilac
2.2	✓	942	Iowa Statehood	3c (aug 1946) comm., dark blue
2.3	✓	944	Capture of Santa Fe Kenneth M. Chapman	3c (oct 1946) comm., brown lilac
3.1	✓	946	Joseph Pulitzer	3c (apr 1947) comm., purple violet
3.2	✓	947	Washington & Franklin	3c (may 1947) comm., dark blue
3.3	✓	950	Utah Statehood	3c (jul 1947) comm., deep violet
4.1	✓	949	The Doctor Sir Luke Fildes	3c (jun 1947) comm., brown violet
4.2	✓	952	Great White Heron Ardea herodias ssp. occidentalis	3c (dec 1947) comm., blue green
4.3	✓	951	U.S.S. Frigate Constitution	3c (oct 1947) comm., blue green

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.