The Wonders Of America Series

Here is a whole mint sheet I forgot I had until I re-discovered it in a large plate book I have. I thought you might enjoy seeing it. It was a little too large for my scanner so I done the best I could. Please enjoy.

Here is a neat S.B.A. 1 dollar coin I found with it that I thought "worthy" of a picture. It is mounted in a cardboard holder and in a plastic flip up. I remember getting this at the World Trade Center in N.Y., N.Y. On a trip with my Father back in '79.
I was looking at my singles of S.B.A. #784 and thought of this lovely coin. I thought maybe some of our world wide members might find it interesting as well. Are there any more Susan B. Anthony stamps other than the one I mentioned? Might be a neat topical theme worth doing for me.

Obverse:

Reverse: That's supposed to be the moon below the eagle. Sorry it's not a better scan.

Don't forget this Susan B. Anthony Stamp (Scott #1052):



As for the SBA dollar coin, the last time I received them was in change in a USPS stamp vending machine. That was probably in 2009 (and it was a 1999 SBA coin I received in change).

The SBA coins have now gone away, as have the USPS stamp vending machines. As a matter of fact, the Presidential Dollar Coins are meeting the same fate as the SBA's ... no one in the US wants to use coins instead of bills for the $1 value. The only way they will be forced into it is if the government stops printing $1 bills, but I don't see that happening anytime soon.

Thank you wt1 I just thought of that one too!I just thought their was more than those two.
And as for the presidential dollar coins, yes not only are they disliked but cost more to make than their worth. There are literally millions of those presidential dollars in the treasury vaults that they simply cannot unload. They make millions of them a day too! From what I read only collectors are asking for them and not spending/circulating them as is just about everyone else. People think they are curious enough to keep in the family sugar bowl but don't like using them. I hope you can understand my ramblings. I believe that banks are actually obligated to order a specific amount of these and were told to encourage their use. I was told that by my Grand Father who is the President of the local State Bank. The next time your at the bank ask your local friendly bank teller for some and see how fast they are to oblige! lol I'll see if I can dig up that link to that article if there is any interest in it.

Here's one of many articles on the subject:

http://www.govexec.com/story_page.c...f=todaysnews

To specifically quote the most eye-popping paragraphs, it makes you wonder why they don't remove this cost from the Federal Budget:

I really like the Wonders of America sheet. I attended the FDOI ceremony in 2006, I even had recently retired USPS Stamp Art Director for the sheet Terry McCaffrey (sp) autograph a mint sheet. I enjoyed collecting the several pictorial postmarks from around the country commemorating their local stamp subject. They remind me of the "World's Largest" postcards of yesteryear. I'm a sucker for roadside attractions.

I thought it would be interesting to see all the specialized cancels for this run's First day of issue covers.

I don't know that they had "specialized" cancels back in the day of that Wonders of America issue. They did, however, have this "special cancel" that could have been applied to each stamp, if one had a desire to request it. I don't think there were special cancels for each stamp, though:

There were a handfull of FDOS postmarks and special event pictorial postmarks for some of the stamps, but not all 40 in some cities. I do have a complete set of the FDOI digital postmarks and some of the black and white cancels (I can't recall if I have a complete set).