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found this american stamps looks mint and unused and its in a cool plastic cover so can I have some info about it e.g year , president etc thanks  |
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That is Francis Scott Key whom wrote the Lyrics to the USA National Anthem while a prisinor aboard a British ship in the War of 1812, during the bombardment of Ft McHenry near Ba1timore |
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Issued on 9Aug1948 to honor Francis Scott Key, the author of the US National Anthem (The Star-Spangled Banner). He wrote the words after witnessing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in 1814 (Note: the Scott catalog erroneously has it as 1813).
The 2 flags are the American flags in use during 1814(left) and 1948(right).
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Scott No. 962.
Issued 1948, Aug. 9.
Est. 121,000,000 issued.
President at the time: Harry S. Truman
Est. Market value $.03-.05
Interesting fact - Francis Scott Key (the author of the United States' National Anthem), is a distant cousin of F. Scott Fitzgerald (the American writer who most notably authored The Great Gatsby.) |
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| Edited by panda.bear - 12/20/2011 7:41 pm |
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btw are mint unused Hitler stamps worth anything or is there no demand for them.  |
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| Edited by MasterMoe - 12/20/2011 7:50 pm |
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F Scott Fitzgerald homes (yes plural) are only a mile or away from my home! |
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Hitler stamps are pretty common. I have lots of them since Germany is one of my countries of interest. |
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Demand for Hitler stamps isn't bad, they're just not worth a lot. With Stamps from Germany many are worth much more with genuine Postal use, not canceled to order (Per favor cancels). |
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Posted 12/20/2011 7:19 pm
