Lot 215, Auction 4/3/2026: 20th C. US Postage Stamps – Presidential Series

$260.00

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North America, United States, ca. 20th century CE. A clever and historically engaging grouping of United States postage stamps, each linking presidential order to denomination in a quietly ingenious numerical system. The series aligns cent values with presidential succession, from 2 cents depicting John Adams, the second president, through higher denominations honoring figures such as James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, and William McKinley, the twenty-fifth. Printed in characteristic mid-century tones – rose, violet, blue, green, and sepia – each stamp bears a finely engraved portrait framed by clean typographic borders. The examples are presented in small bundled stacks, still secured with period rubber bands, preserving their original utilitarian form. All stamps have been cancelled, their surfaces marked with postal ink, subtle traces of circulation that speak to their former life in transit. Size (all about the same): 0.8″ W x 1″ H (2 cm x 2.5 cm)

Such issues reflect a thoughtful design tradition within U.S. postal history, where education and function converge. Here, everyday ephemera becomes a compact historical sequence, inviting both the collector and the observer to trace the early lineage of American leadership through color, number, and print.

Condition: All in fair to good condition.

Provenance: private Sheffield, Massachusetts, USA collection, by inheritance, collected 1970’s

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