1938 13c Millard Fillmore, Blue Green

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

Birth Of President Millard Fillmore

Americas 13th president, Millard Fillmore, was born on January 7, 1800, in Moravia, New York.

Born three weeks after the death of George Washington, Millard Fillmore was Americas first President to be born after the death of a former President, and the first born in the 19th Century.  With few opportunities available, at the age of 14 Fillmores father apprenticed him to a cloth maker in Sparta, New York.  Tired of working under poor conditions, Fillmore bought his freedom and walked 100 miles to get home.