World Stamp Catalogue/United States/1940s

1940[edit | edit source]

Date Issued	Denom.	Color	Perf.	Type Die/Wmk	Subject	Cat. No. Mi/Sc/Gi	Design	No. Issued
1940-10-16	1¢	Bright blue green	11x10.5	Unwmk.	National Defense - Statue of Liberty	Mi:US 495	[[File:\|100px]]
1940-10-16	2¢	Rose carmine	11x10.5	Unwmk.	National Defense - 90mm Anti-aircraft Gun	Mi:US 496	[[File:\|100px]]
1940-10-16	3¢	Bright violet	11x10.5	Unwmk.	National Defense - Torch of Enlightenment	Mi:US 497	[[File:\|100px]]
1940-10-20	3¢	Deep violet	10.5x11	Unwmk.	75th Anniversary of 13th Amendment	Mi:US 498	[[File:\|100px]]	44,000,000
1940-07-03	3¢	Bright violet	11x10.5	Unwmk.	50th Anniversary of Idaho Statehood	Mi:US 492	[[File:\|100px]]	51,000,000
1940-09-07	3¢	Violet	11x10.5	Unwmk.	Coronado and his Captains	Mi:US 494	[[File:\|100px]]	61,000,000
1940-07-10	3¢	Brown violet	10.5x11	Unwmk.	50th Anniversary of Wyoming Statehood	Mi:US 493	[[File:\|100px]]	50,000,000
1940-04-14	3¢	Light violet	10.5x11	Unwmk.	50th Anniversary of Pan-american Union	Mi:US 491	[[File:\|100px]]	48,000,000
1940-04-03	3¢	Henna brown	11x10.5	Unwmk.	80th Anniversary of Pony Express	Mi:US 490	[[File:\|100px]]	46,000,000
1940	$1			Unwmk.			[[File:\|100px]]

1940 Famous Americans Series[edit | edit source]

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.

Famous American Series of 1940 (Resolution: 4,401 × 5,985)

Date Issued	Denom.	Color	Perf.	Type Die/Wmk	Subject	Cat. No. Mi/Sc/Gi	No. Issued
1940-01-29	1¢	Bright blue green	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Authors - Washington Irving	Mi:US 455	56,000,000
1940-01-29	2¢	Rose carmine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Authors - James Fenimore Cooper	Mi:US 456	53,000,000
1940-02-05	3¢	Bright red violet	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Authors - Ralph Waldo Emerson	Mi:US 457	53,000,000
1940-02-05	5¢	Ultramarine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Authors - Louisa May Alcott	Mi:US 458	22,000,000
1940-02-30	10¢	Dark brown	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Authors - Samuel L.Clemens (Mark Twain)	Mi:US 459	13,000,000
1940-02-16	1¢	Bright blue green	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Poets - Henry W.Longfellow	Mi:US 460	52,000,000
1940-02-16	2¢	Rose carmine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Poets - John Greenleaf Whittier	Mi:US 461	52,000,000
1940-02-20	3¢	Bright red violet	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Poets - James Russell Lowell	Mi:US 462	52,000,000
1940-02-20	5¢	Ultramarine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Poets - Walt Whitman	Mi:US 463	22,000,000
1940-02-24	10¢	Dark brown	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Poets - James Whitcomb Riley	Mi:US 464	12,000,000
1940-03-14	1¢	Bright blue green	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Educators - Horace Mann	Mi:US 465	52,000,000
1940-03-14	2¢	Rose carmine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Educators - Mark Hopkins	Mi:US 466	52,000,000
1940-03-28	3¢	Bright red violet	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Educators - Charles W.Eliot	Mi:US 467	52,000,000
1940-03-28	5¢	Ultramarine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Educators - Frances E.Willard	Mi:US 468	21,000,000
1940-04-07	10¢	Dark brown	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Educators - Booker T. Washington	Mi:US 469	14,000,000
1940-04-08	1¢	Bright blue green	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Scientists - John James Audubon	Mi:US 470	59,000,000
1940-04-08	2¢	Rose carmine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Scientists - Dr.Crawford W.Long	Mi:US 471	58,000,000
1940-04-17	3¢	Bright red violet	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Scientists - Luther Burbank	Mi:US 472	58,000,000
1940-04-17	5¢	Ultramarine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Scientists - Dr.Walter Reed	Mi:US 473	24,000,000
1940-04-26	10¢	Dark brown	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Scientists - Jane Addams	Mi:US 474	15,000,000
1940-05-03	1¢	Bright blue green	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Composers - Stephen Collins Foster	Mi:US 475	57,000,000
1940-05-03	2¢	Rose carmine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Composers - John Philip Sousa	Mi:US 476	58,000,000
1940-05-13	3¢	Bright red violet	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Composers - Victor Herbert	Mi:US 477	56,000,000
1940-05-13	5¢	Ultramarine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Composers - Edward A.MacDowell	Mi:US 478	21,000,000
1940-06-10	10¢	Dark brown	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Composers - Ethelbert Nevin	Mi:US 479	13,000,000
1940-09-05	1¢	Bright blue green	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Artists - Gilbert Charles Stuart	Mi:US 480	54,000,000
1940-09-05	2¢	Rose carmine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Artists - James A.McNeill Whistler	Mi:US 481	54,000,000
1940-09-16	3¢	Bright red violet	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Artists - Augustus Saint-Gaudens	Mi:US 482	55,000,000
1940-09-16	5¢	Ultramarine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Artists - Daniel Chester French	Mi:US 483	22,000,000
1940-09-30	10¢	Dark brown	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Artists - Frederic Remington	Mi:US 484	14,000,000
1940-10-07	1¢	Bright blue green	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Inventors - Eli Whitney	Mi:US 485	48,000,000
1940-10-07	2¢	Rose carmine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Inventors - Samuel F.B.Morse	Mi:US 486	53,000,000
1940-10-14	3¢	Bright red violet	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Inventors - Cyrus Hall McCormick	Mi:US 487	54,000,000
1940-10-14	5¢	Ultramarine	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Inventors - Elias Howe	Mi:US 488	20,000,000
1940-10-28	10¢	Dark brown	10.5x11	Unwmk.	Famous American Inventors - Alexander Graham Bell	Mi:US 489	14,000,000