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1938 13c Millard Fillmore, Blue Green
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U.S. #818
1938 13¢ Millard Fillmore
Presidential Series
Issue Date: September 22, 1938
First City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 293,750,100
Printing Method: Rotary press
Perforations: 11 x 10 ½
Color: Blue green
This stamp is part of the Presidential Series, a set issued by the postal service in 1938 that gave every United States president up to that point his own dedicated stamp, arranged largely in order of denomination to match the order in which each man served. America's thirteenth president, Millard Fillmore, was born on January 7, 1800, in Moravia, New York. Born just three weeks after the death of George Washington, Fillmore was the first president to be born after the death of a former president, and the first to be born in the nineteenth century. With few opportunities available to him growing up, Fillmore was apprenticed to a cloth maker in Sparta, New York at the age of fourteen. Tired of working under poor conditions, he eventually bought his freedom from the apprenticeship and walked one hundred miles to get back home.
Fillmore became president after the death of Zachary Taylor in 1850, and he went on to serve out the remainder of that term until 1853, never having been elected to the office in his own right. The design features an engraved profile portrait of Fillmore, showing him in the formal style typical of mid nineteenth century portraiture, with detailed shading capturing his hair and features. The blue green tone used for this stamp is unique to this denomination within the series, helping collectors distinguish it at a glance from the many other similarly styled portraits that made up the full set.
Fillmore's presidency is often remembered for his role in signing the Compromise of 1850, a set of measures intended to ease growing tensions between free and slave states in the years leading up to the Civil War. This stamp offers a compact commemoration of a president whose humble beginnings and eventual rise to the nation's highest office remain a notable chapter in American history.
U.S. #818
1938 13¢ Millard Fillmore
Presidential Series
Issue Date: September 22, 1938
First City: Washington, DC
Quantity Issued: 293,750,100
Printing Method: Rotary press
Perforations: 11 x 10 ½
Color: Blue green
This stamp is part of the Presidential Series, a set issued by the postal service in 1938 that gave every United States president up to that point his own dedicated stamp, arranged largely in order of denomination to match the order in which each man served. America's thirteenth president, Millard Fillmore, was born on January 7, 1800, in Moravia, New York. Born just three weeks after the death of George Washington, Fillmore was the first president to be born after the death of a former president, and the first to be born in the nineteenth century. With few opportunities available to him growing up, Fillmore was apprenticed to a cloth maker in Sparta, New York at the age of fourteen. Tired of working under poor conditions, he eventually bought his freedom from the apprenticeship and walked one hundred miles to get back home.
Fillmore became president after the death of Zachary Taylor in 1850, and he went on to serve out the remainder of that term until 1853, never having been elected to the office in his own right. The design features an engraved profile portrait of Fillmore, showing him in the formal style typical of mid nineteenth century portraiture, with detailed shading capturing his hair and features. The blue green tone used for this stamp is unique to this denomination within the series, helping collectors distinguish it at a glance from the many other similarly styled portraits that made up the full set.
Fillmore's presidency is often remembered for his role in signing the Compromise of 1850, a set of measures intended to ease growing tensions between free and slave states in the years leading up to the Civil War. This stamp offers a compact commemoration of a president whose humble beginnings and eventual rise to the nation's highest office remain a notable chapter in American history.
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