1965-81 Prominent Americans Series, Complete Set of 30 Stamps

Prominent Americans Series

The Prominent Americans Series recognizes people who played important roles in U.S. history. Officials originally planned to honor 18 individuals, but later added seven others. The Prominent Americans Series began with the 4¢ Lincoln stamp, which was issued on November 10, 1965. During the course of the series, the 6¢ Eisenhower stamp was reissued with an 8¢ denomination and the 5¢ Washington was redrawn.

A number of technological changes developed during the course of producing the series, resulting in a number of varieties due to gum, luminescence, precancels and perforations plus sheet, coil and booklet formats. Additionally, seven rate changes occurred while the Prominent Americans Series was current, giving collectors who specialize in first and last day of issue covers an abundance of collecting opportunities.

Here's what you'll get:

1278         1968 1c Thomas Jefferson        

1279         1967 1 1/4c Albert Gallatin     

1280         1966 2c Frank Lloyd Wright      

1281         1967 3c Francis Parkman         

1282         1965 4c Abraham Lincoln         

1283         1966 5c George Washington       

1283B      1967 5c George Washington

1284         1966 6c Franklin D. Roosevelt   

1285         1966 8c Albert Einstein         

1286         1967 10c Andrew Jackson         

1286A      1968 12c Henry Ford             

1287         1967 13c John F. Kennedy        

1288         1968 15c Oliver Wendell Holmes  

1288B      1978 15c Oliver W. Holmes

1289         1967 20c George Catlett Marshall

1290         1967 25c Frederick Douglass     

1291         1968 30c John Dewey             

1292         1968 40c Thomas Paine           

1293         1968 50c Lucy Stone             

1294         1967 $1 Eugene O'Neill          

1295         1966 $5 John Bassett Moore      

1297         1975 3c Francis Parkman

1298         1967 6c Franklin D. Roosevelt

1299         1968 1c Thomas Jefferson Coil

1303         1966 4c Abraham Lincoln Coil

1304         1966 5c George Washington Coil  

1304C      1981 5c Washington redrawn Coil 

1305         1968 6c FD Roosevelt

1305C      1973 $1 Eugene O'Neill          

1305E      1978 15c Oliver W. Holmes