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1953 3c New York City
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U.S. #1027
3¢ New York City
Issue Date: November 20, 1953
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 115,759,600
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Color: Bright red violet
Issued on November 20, 1953, this 3-cent violet stamp commemorates the 300th anniversary of New York City's incorporation as a municipality under Dutch colonial rule. In 1653, the settlement of New Amsterdam — then a small but bustling trading post at the southern tip of Manhattan — was granted a municipal charter by the Dutch West India Company, making it an official city. The design captures that dual identity beautifully, showing a tall-masted sailing ship of the Dutch era in the foreground against the unmistakable modern skyline of mid-20th century Manhattan rising behind it — three centuries of history compressed into a single image.
New Amsterdam had been established decades earlier as a fur trading outpost, with the Dutch purchasing Manhattan from the Lenape people in 1626. The city changed hands in 1664 when English forces arrived and the Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered without a fight. The English renamed it New York in honor of the Duke of York, but the Dutch legacy ran deep — family names like Roosevelt, Vanderbilt, and Van Buren, and place names like Brooklyn, Harlem, and the Bowery all trace directly to the Dutch colonial period. The stamp's design acknowledges both eras by pairing the Dutch ship with the city it eventually became.
Printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing using the rotary press method, the stamp was issued on November 20, 1953, with New York City as the first day city. A total of just over 115.7 million were printed, a quantity typical of mid-century U.S. commemoratives. The windmill visible at the left edge of the design is a nod to the Dutch colonial landscape of early Manhattan, adding a small detail that rewards a closer look.
U.S. #1027
3¢ New York City
Issue Date: November 20, 1953
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 115,759,600
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Color: Bright red violet
Issued on November 20, 1953, this 3-cent violet stamp commemorates the 300th anniversary of New York City's incorporation as a municipality under Dutch colonial rule. In 1653, the settlement of New Amsterdam — then a small but bustling trading post at the southern tip of Manhattan — was granted a municipal charter by the Dutch West India Company, making it an official city. The design captures that dual identity beautifully, showing a tall-masted sailing ship of the Dutch era in the foreground against the unmistakable modern skyline of mid-20th century Manhattan rising behind it — three centuries of history compressed into a single image.
New Amsterdam had been established decades earlier as a fur trading outpost, with the Dutch purchasing Manhattan from the Lenape people in 1626. The city changed hands in 1664 when English forces arrived and the Dutch governor Peter Stuyvesant surrendered without a fight. The English renamed it New York in honor of the Duke of York, but the Dutch legacy ran deep — family names like Roosevelt, Vanderbilt, and Van Buren, and place names like Brooklyn, Harlem, and the Bowery all trace directly to the Dutch colonial period. The stamp's design acknowledges both eras by pairing the Dutch ship with the city it eventually became.
Printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing using the rotary press method, the stamp was issued on November 20, 1953, with New York City as the first day city. A total of just over 115.7 million were printed, a quantity typical of mid-century U.S. commemoratives. The windmill visible at the left edge of the design is a nod to the Dutch colonial landscape of early Manhattan, adding a small detail that rewards a closer look.
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