World Stamp Catalogue/United States/1940s

1940 1940-10-16 1¢ Bright blue green 11x10.5 Unwmk. National Defense - Statue of Liberty Mi:US 495 1940-10-16 2¢ Rose carmine 11x10.5 Unwmk. National Defense - 90mm Anti-aircraft Gun Mi:US 496 1940-10-16 3¢ Bright violet 11x10.5 Unwmk. National Defense - Torch of Enlightenment Mi:US 497 1940-10-20 3¢ Deep violet 10.5x11 Unwmk. 75th Anniversary of 13th Amendment Mi:US 498 44,000,000 1940-07-03 3¢ Bright violet 11x10.5 Unwmk. 50th Anniversary of Idaho Statehood Mi:US 492 51,000,000 1940-09-07 3¢ Violet 11x10.5 Unwmk. Coronado and his Captains Mi:US 494 61,000,000 1940-07-10 3¢ Brown violet 10.5x11 Unwmk. 50th Anniversary of Wyoming Statehood Mi:US 493 50,000,000 1940-04-14 3¢ Light violet 10.5x11 Unwmk. 50th Anniversary of Pan-american Union Mi:US 491 48,000,000 1940-04-03 3¢ Henna brown 11x10.5 Unwmk. 80th Anniversary of Pony Express Mi:US 490 46,000,000 1940 $1 Unwmk. |} 1940 Famous Americans Series In 1940 the US Post Office issued a set of 35 stamps, issued over the course of approximately ten months, commemorating America's famous Authors, Poets, Educators, Scientists, Composers, Artists and Inventors. 640px|Famous American Series of 1940 Famous American Series of 1940 (Resolution: 4,401 × 5,985) 1940-01-29 1¢ Bright blue green 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Authors - Washington Irving Mi:US 455 1940 FamAmer a 1.png 56,000,000 1940-01-29 2¢ Rose carmine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Authors - James Fenimore Cooper Mi:US 456 1940 FamAmer a 2.png 53,000,000 1940-02-05 3¢ Bright red violet 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Authors - Ralph Waldo Emerson Mi:US 457 1940 FamAmer a 3.png 53,000,000 1940-02-05 5¢ Ultramarine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Authors - Louisa May Alcott Mi:US 458 1940 FamAmer a 5.png 22,000,000 1940-02-30 10¢ Dark brown 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Authors - Samuel L.Clemens (Mark Twain) Mi:US 459 1940 FamAmer a 10.png 13,000,000 1940-02-16 1¢ Bright blue green 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Poets - Henry W.Longfellow Mi:US 460 1940 FamAmer b 1.png 52,000,000 1940-02-16 2¢ Rose carmine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Poets - John Greenleaf Whittier Mi:US 461 1940 FamAmer b 2.png 52,000,000 1940-02-20 3¢ Bright red violet 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Poets - James Russell Lowell Mi:US 462 1940 FamAmer b 3.png 52,000,000 1940-02-20 5¢ Ultramarine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Poets - Walt Whitman Mi:US 463 1940 FamAmer b 5.png 22,000,000 1940-02-24 10¢ Dark brown 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Poets - James Whitcomb Riley Mi:US 464 1940 FamAmer b 10.png 12,000,000 1940-03-14 1¢ Bright blue green 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Educators - Horace Mann Mi:US 465 1940 FamAmer c 1.png 52,000,000 1940-03-14 2¢ Rose carmine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Educators - Mark Hopkins Mi:US 466 1940 FamAmer c 2.png 52,000,000 1940-03-28 3¢ Bright red violet 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Educators - Charles W.Eliot Mi:US 467 1940 FamAmer c 3.png 52,000,000 1940-03-28 5¢ Ultramarine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Educators - Frances E.Willard Mi:US 468 1940 FamAmer c 5.png 21,000,000 1940-04-07 10¢ Dark brown 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Educators - Booker T. Washington Mi:US 469 1940 FamAmer c 10.png 14,000,000 1940-04-08 1¢ Bright blue green 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Scientists - John James Audubon Mi:US 470 1940 FamAmer d 1.png 59,000,000 1940-04-08 2¢ Rose carmine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Scientists - Dr.Crawford W.Long Mi:US 471 1940 FamAmer d 2.png 58,000,000 1940-04-17 3¢ Bright red violet 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Scientists - Luther Burbank Mi:US 472 1940 FamAmer d 3.png 58,000,000 1940-04-17 5¢ Ultramarine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Scientists - Dr.Walter Reed Mi:US 473 1940 FamAmer d 5.png 24,000,000 1940-04-26 10¢ Dark brown 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Scientists - Jane Addams Mi:US 474 1940 FamAmer d 10.png 15,000,000 1940-05-03 1¢ Bright blue green 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Composers - Stephen Collins Foster Mi:US 475 1940 FamAmer e 1.png 57,000,000 1940-05-03 2¢ Rose carmine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Composers - John Philip Sousa Mi:US 476 1940 FamAmer e 2.png 58,000,000 1940-05-13 3¢ Bright red violet 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Composers - Victor Herbert Mi:US 477 1940 FamAmer e 3.png 56,000,000 1940-05-13 5¢ Ultramarine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Composers - Edward A.MacDowell Mi:US 478 1940 FamAmer e 5.png 21,000,000 1940-06-10 10¢ Dark brown 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Composers - Ethelbert Nevin Mi:US 479 1940 FamAmer e 10.png 13,000,000 1940-09-05 1¢ Bright blue green 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Artists - Gilbert Charles Stuart Mi:US 480 1940 FamAmer f 1.png 54,000,000 1940-09-05 2¢ Rose carmine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Artists - James A.McNeill Whistler Mi:US 481 1940 FamAmer f 2.png 54,000,000 1940-09-16 3¢ Bright red violet 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Artists - Augustus Saint-Gaudens Mi:US 482 1940 FamAmer f 3.png 55,000,000 1940-09-16 5¢ Ultramarine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Artists - Daniel Chester French Mi:US 483 1940 FamAmer f 5.png 22,000,000 1940-09-30 10¢ Dark brown 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Artists - Frederic Remington Mi:US 484 1940 FamAmer f 10.png 14,000,000 1940-10-07 1¢ Bright blue green 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Inventors - Eli Whitney Mi:US 485 1940 FamAmer g 1.png 48,000,000 1940-10-07 2¢ Rose carmine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Inventors - Samuel F.B.Morse Mi:US 486 1940 FamAmer g 2.png 53,000,000 1940-10-14 3¢ Bright red violet 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Inventors - Cyrus Hall McCormick Mi:US 487 1940 FamAmer g 3.png 54,000,000 1940-10-14 5¢ Ultramarine 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Inventors - Elias Howe Mi:US 488 1940 FamAmer g 5.png 20,000,000 1940-10-28 10¢ Dark brown 10.5x11 Unwmk. Famous American Inventors - Alexander Graham Bell Mi:US 489 1940 FamAmer g 10.png 14,000,000 |} 1941 1940 3¢ Light violet 11x10.5 Unwmk. 150th Anniversary of Vermont Statehood 1941 10¢ Unwmk. Airmail Stamp US 1941 10c air.jpg Unwmk. |} 1942 |} 1943 |} 1944 Overrun Countries Issue, 1943-44 wikipedia:Overrun_Countries_series 740px|Overrun Countries Series Overrun Countries Series 1944 13¢ Special Delivery Stamp US 1944 13c special delivery.jpg |} 1945 |} 1946 |} 1947 1947-12-5 3¢ Everglades National Park |} 1948 1948-4-7 3¢ 50 years Mississippi Territory Mississippi Territory 1948 Issue-3c.jpg 1948-5-28 3¢ Four Chaplains Four Chaplains stamp1.png 1948-10-27 3¢ Rough Riders Rough Riders-3c.jpg |} 1949 |} Gallery of Additional Stamp Images World Stamp Catalogue/United States 1940s 1930s 1950s