Misc - Stamps of the World's Fair
Scott Catalog # 853
This deep purple, three-cent stamp bearing the famous Trylon and Perisphere, symbol of the Fair, was printed on a Rotary Press in plates of 200 with four panes of fifty stamps each.
Memo from Great Britain (link to Hansard)
CENTENNIAL POSTAGE STAMPS (NEW YORK FAIR).
HC Deb 09 May 1940 vol 360 c1412W
Sir M. Sueter asked the Secretary to the Overseas Trade Department whether any special steps are being taken to arrange for the sale of the new issues of stamps at the British Pavilion, New York Fair?
Mr. Shakespeare Yes, Sir. In collaboration with the General Post Office my Department has made arrangements whereby 100,000 stamped envelopes addressed to the British Pavilion at the New York World's Fair will be on sale to the public in the International Centennial Stamp Exhibition which has been organised by the Fair authorities. Of these envelopes 98,000 bear the 2½d. centennial stamp, while the remaining 2,000 bear the full centennial issue of six stamps. The envelopes were so posted as to obtain the cancellation date of the first day of issue, which was 6th May, 1940.
Submitted by: Anthony Rainbird, UK
Scott Catalog # 853
Printed in bright red-violet, it commemorates the sesquicentennial of the inauguration of George Washington as the First President of the United States. Washington is shown taking the Oath of Office on the balcony of Federal Hall in New York City. The stamp was printed on a Flat Plate press in plates of 200 with four panes of fifty stamps each.