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1933 3c Washington's Headquarters, Violet
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U.S. #727
1933 3¢ Peace of 1783 Sesquicentennial
Issue Date: April 19, 1933
First City: Newburgh, NY
Quantity Issued: 73,382,400
U.S. Scott #727 is a 3-cent violet commemorative stamp issued on April 19, 1933, to mark the 150th anniversary of George Washington's proclamation of peace, which officially ended hostilities of the Revolutionary War on that date in 1783. Printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing using flat plate printing, the stamp depicts Washington's headquarters at the Hasbrouck House in Newburgh, New York, with the American flag flying above it and the Hudson River valley visible in the background. The inscription reads "Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, N.Y., 1783–1933." The issue date of April 19 was itself historically significant — it was the 158th anniversary of the first shots of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord, making the timing of the stamp's release a deliberate tribute to the arc of the entire conflict.
The Hasbrouck House in Newburgh served as Washington's longest-occupied wartime headquarters, from April 1782 through August 1783. It was from this modest Dutch stone house overlooking the Hudson River that Washington navigated some of the most delicate moments of the entire war — including a potential military coup known as the Newburgh Conspiracy, in which disgruntled officers threatened to take political action against Congress. Washington's personal intervention in March 1783 defused the crisis and preserved civilian control of the military. It was here, too, that he awaited the formal treaty negotiations and ultimately issued his proclamation of cessation of hostilities on April 19, 1783, declaring the long war officially over. The Hasbrouck House became the first publicly preserved historic site in the United States when New York State acquired it in 1850.
Scott #727 holds an important place in American commemorative philately as a stamp honoring not a battle or a general, but the moment of peace itself — and the place where Washington chose to wait out the end of the conflict he had led for eight years. Its engraved landscape design captures the quiet dignity of the Hasbrouck House against the hills and river of the Hudson Valley, a fitting image for a stamp commemorating the close of the Revolutionary War era.
U.S. #727
1933 3¢ Peace of 1783 Sesquicentennial
Issue Date: April 19, 1933
First City: Newburgh, NY
Quantity Issued: 73,382,400
U.S. Scott #727 is a 3-cent violet commemorative stamp issued on April 19, 1933, to mark the 150th anniversary of George Washington's proclamation of peace, which officially ended hostilities of the Revolutionary War on that date in 1783. Printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing using flat plate printing, the stamp depicts Washington's headquarters at the Hasbrouck House in Newburgh, New York, with the American flag flying above it and the Hudson River valley visible in the background. The inscription reads "Washington's Headquarters, Newburgh, N.Y., 1783–1933." The issue date of April 19 was itself historically significant — it was the 158th anniversary of the first shots of the Revolutionary War at Lexington and Concord, making the timing of the stamp's release a deliberate tribute to the arc of the entire conflict.
The Hasbrouck House in Newburgh served as Washington's longest-occupied wartime headquarters, from April 1782 through August 1783. It was from this modest Dutch stone house overlooking the Hudson River that Washington navigated some of the most delicate moments of the entire war — including a potential military coup known as the Newburgh Conspiracy, in which disgruntled officers threatened to take political action against Congress. Washington's personal intervention in March 1783 defused the crisis and preserved civilian control of the military. It was here, too, that he awaited the formal treaty negotiations and ultimately issued his proclamation of cessation of hostilities on April 19, 1783, declaring the long war officially over. The Hasbrouck House became the first publicly preserved historic site in the United States when New York State acquired it in 1850.
Scott #727 holds an important place in American commemorative philately as a stamp honoring not a battle or a general, but the moment of peace itself — and the place where Washington chose to wait out the end of the conflict he had led for eight years. Its engraved landscape design captures the quiet dignity of the Hasbrouck House against the hills and river of the Hudson Valley, a fitting image for a stamp commemorating the close of the Revolutionary War era.
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