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1957-1962 Four Cent Commemorative issues

1957 Issues

The four-cent 48-Star Flag was issued in 1957, a year before the unexpected rate change.  It was a multi-colored international rate stamp, intended to pay the international surface postal card rate of 4¢.  It was issued during the 3¢ rate period and appears with those stamps.

Scott 1096, 8¢ Magsaysay, Double plate number 25808 / 25772 LR

The Magsaysay stamp also fell in the 3¢ rate period and was a multi-colored international rate stamp, intended to pay the 8¢ Airmail rate.  It appears with the 4¢ Commemoratives because it logically belongs with the rest of the Champions of Liberty issues.

1958 Issues

Scott 1110, 4¢ Bolivar, Plate number 26057 UL

Scott 1111, 8¢ Bolivar, Double plate numbers 26026/26062 LL

Scott 1112, 4¢ Trans-Atlantic Cable, Plate number 26078 UL

Scott 1113, 1¢ Lincoln, Plate number 26246 UL

Scott 1114, 3¢ Lincoln, Plate number 26251 LL

Scott 1115, 4¢ Lincoln-Douglas Debates, Plate number 26106 UR

Scott 1116, 4¢ Lincoln, Plate number 26272 LR

Scott 1116 var, 4¢ Lincoln, UL plate number 26272, reverse image appearing on the gum side of Scott C53, 7¢ Alaska Statehood.  The two stamps were printed at the same time, using the same color of ink.

Scott 1117, 4¢ Kossuth, Plate number 26127 LL

Scott 1118, 8¢ Kossuth, Double plate numbers 26091/26092 LR

Scott 1119, 4¢ Freedom of Religion, Plate number 26115 LL

Scott 1120, 4¢ Overland Mail, Plate number 26160 UL

Scott 1121, 4¢ Noah Webster, Plate number 26104 LL

Scott 1122, 4¢ Forestry Conservation, Plate number 26156 LL

Scott 1123, 4¢ Fort Duquesne, Plate number 26200 LL

1959 Issues

Scott 1124, 4¢ Oregon Statehood, Plate number 26236 UR

Scott 1125, 4¢ San Martín, Plate number 26240 LR

Scott 1126, 8¢ San Martín, Plate number 26249 LR

Scott 1126 var, 8¢ San Martín, reverse offset, Plate number 26249 LR

Scott 1127, 4¢ NATO, Plate number 26299 UL

Scott 1128, 4¢ Arctic Exploration / U.S.S. Nautilus, Plate number 26304 LR

Scott 1129, 8¢ Peace Through Trade, Plate number 26320 LR

Scott 1130, 4¢ Silver Centennial, Plate number 26357 UL

Scott 1131, 4¢ St. Lawrence Seaway, Plate number 26335 LL

Scott 1132, 4¢ 49-Star Flag, Plate number 26366 LL

Scott 1133, 4¢ Soil Conservation, Plate number 26410 UR

Scott 1134, 4¢ Petroleum Industry, Plate number 26417 UR

Scott 1135, 4¢ Dental Hygiene, Plate number 26439 UL

Scott 1136, 4¢ Reuter, Plate number 26454 LL

Scott 1137, 8¢ Reuter, Plate number 26464 UR

Scott 1138, 4¢ Ephraim MacDowall, Plate number 26500 LR

1960 Issues

Scott 1139, 4¢ Credo - Washington, Plate number 26488 UL

Scott 1140, 4¢ Credo - Franklin, Plate number 26589 UL

Scott 1140 var, 4¢ Credo - Franklin, misperfed, Plate number 26587 UR

Scott 1141, 4¢ Credo - Jefferson, Plate number 26628 UL

Scott 1142, 4¢ Credo - Key, Plate number 26693 UR

Scott 1142 var, 4¢ Credo - Key, misperfed, Plate number 26693 UL

Scott 1143, 4¢ Credo - Lincoln, Plate number 26803 LR

Scott 1144, 4¢ Credo - Henry, Plate number 26752 LR

Scott 1145, 4¢ Boy Scouts, Plate number 26530 UR

Scott 1146, 4¢ 1960 Winter Olympics, Plate number 26541 UL

Scott 1147, 4¢ Masaryk, Plate number 26552 LL

Scott 1148, 8¢ Masaryk, Plate number 26562 LR

Scott 1149, 4¢ World Refugee Year, Plate number 26599 LL

Scott 1150, 4¢ Water Conservation, Plate number 26600 LL

Scott 1151, 4¢ SEATO, Plate number 26633 UR

Scott 1152, 4¢ American Woman, Plate number 26644 LR

Scott 1153, 4¢ 50-Star Flag, Plate number 26639 UL

Scott 1154, 4¢ Pony Express, Plate number 26626 UR

Scott 1155, 4¢ Handicapped, Plate number 26679 LL

Scott 1156, 4¢ World Forestry Congress, Plate number 26688 UR

Scott 1157, 4¢ Mexican Independence, Plate number 26707 LR

Scott 1158, 4¢ Japan Treaty, Plate number 26729 LR

Scott 1158 var, 4¢ Japan Treaty, misperfed, Plate number 26729 LL

Scott 1159, 4¢ Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Plate number 26742 LR

Scott 1160, 8¢ Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Plate number 26753 LR

Scott 1161, 4¢ Robert A. Taft, Plate number 26759 UL

Scott 1162, 4¢ Automotive Industry, Plate number 26777 UR

Scott 1163, 4¢ Boys' Clubs, Plate number 26666 LR

Scott 1164, 4¢ Providence Automated Post Office, Plate number 26799 UR

Scott 1165, 4¢ Mannerheim, Plate number 26755 UL

Scott 1166, 8¢ Mannerheim, Plate number 26769 LR

Scott 1167, 4¢ Camp Fire Girls, Plate number 26746 LR

Scott 1168, 4¢ Garibaldi, Plate number 26793 LL

Scott 1169, 8¢ Garibaldi, Plate number 26788 UL

Scott 1170, 4¢ Walter F. George, Plate number 26780 UR

Scott 1171, 4¢ Andrew Carnegie, Plate number 26676 LR

Scott 1172, 4¢ John Foster Dulles, Plate number 26770 UR

Scott 1173, 4¢ Communications for Peace, Plate number 26847 UL

1961 Issues

Scott 1174, 4¢ Mahatma Gandhi, Plate number 26865 LR

Scott 1175, 8¢ Mahatma Gandhi, Plate number 26841 LR

Scott 1176, 4¢ Range Conservation, Plate number 26874 LR

Scott 1177, 4¢ Horace Greeley, Plate number 26898 UR

Scott 1178, 4¢ Fort Sumter, Plate number 26913 LL

Scott 1183, 4¢ Kansas Statehood, Plate number 26935 LL

Scott 1184, 4¢ George W. Norris / TVA, Plate number 26990 LR

Scott 1185, 4¢ Naval Aviation, Plate number 27017 UL

Scott 1186, 4¢ Workmen's Compensation, Plate number 27024 LR

The entire printing has inverted plate numbers for all LL and LR positions.

Scott 1187, 4¢ Frederic Remington, Plate number 27034 UL

Scott 1188, 4¢ Sun Yat-Sen, Plate number 27040 UR

Scott 1189, 4¢ Basketball Centennial, Plate number 27061 UL

Scott 1190, 4¢ Nursing, UR pair with plate numbers 27096 and 27089

Scott 1190 var, 4¢ Nursing, black misregistered, plate numbers 27083 UR

1962 Issues

Scott 1191, 4¢ New Mexico Statehood, Plate number 27114 LL

Scott 1192, 4¢ Arizona Statehood, Plate number 27128 UR

Scott 1193, 4¢ Project Mercury, Plate number 27071 LR

Scott 1194, 4¢ Malaria, Plate number 27154 LR

Scott 1195, Charles Evans Hughes, Plate number 27274 UL

Scott 1179, 4¢ Shiloh, Plate number 27180 UR

Scott 1196, 4¢ Seattle 1962 World's Fair, Plate number 27203 LR

Scott 1197, 4¢ Louisiana Statehood, Plate number 27205 UR

Scott 1198, 4¢ Homestead Act, Plate number 27148 LR

Scott 1199, 4¢ Girl Scouts, Plate number 27217 UR

Scott 1200, 4¢ Brien McMahon, Plate number 27227 UR

Scott 1201, 4¢ Apprenticeship, Plate number 27250 LR

Scott 1202, 4¢ Sam Rayburn, Plate number 27263 LR

Scott 1203, 4¢ Hammarskjold, LL pair with plate numbers 27266 (black) and 27277 (yellow) as the stamp was intended to look.

Scott 1204, 4¢ Hammarskjold invert, LL pair with plate numbers 27266 (black) and 27277 (inverted yellow).  The post office intentionally reprinted millions of these errors to destroy their philatelic value; this practice was later ruled illegal by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Scott 1205, 4¢ Christmas 1962, Wreath, Plate number 27301 UR

Scott 1206, 4¢ Higher Education, UL pair with plate numbers 27299 (black) and 27293 (green)

Scott 1206 var, 4¢ Higher Education, UL pair with black ink quite high, most easily seen with the plate number -- and by the fact that the lamp flame points down!

Scott 1207, 4¢ Winslow Homer, Plate number 27374 UR

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