1965 Prominent Americans series and
related definitives
Sheet and booklet issues
Scott
1278, 1¢ Jefferson,
tagged, plate number 29491
Scott
1278 var, 1¢, local precancel,
probably tagged, plate number 30087
Scott
1278 var, 1¢, misperfed horizontally, plate number 31006
Scott
1278 var, 1¢, underinked, plate number 31006
Scott
1278b, 1¢ single from booklet pane,
plate number
32904
Scott
1278b, slogan tab from booklet pane, plate number
32905 printed due to misalignment
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Scott
1278b var, slogan tab from booklet pane, plate number
(32)905 printed due to foldover (Image courtesy of eBay / ckstamps)
Scott
1278c, 1¢ untagged Bureau precancel, plate number
31302
Scott
1278c var, 1¢ untagged, inverted Bureau precancel, plate number
31303
Scott
1278d, 1¢ tagging omitted error, plate number
30987
Scott
1279, 1-1/4¢ Albert Gallatin,
plate number 28931
Scott
1279 var, 1-1/4¢, local precancel, plate number 28931
Scott
1279 var, 1-1/4¢, Bureau precancel, plate number 28930
Scott
1279 var, 1-1/4¢, local precancel miprinted, plate number 28930
Scott
1280, 2¢ Frank Lloyd Wright,
plate number 32757
Scott
1280 var, 2¢,
misperfed vertically, captured plate number
32575
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Scott
1280 var, 2¢, misperfed horizontally to top, plate numbers
29874 and 32128 (32128 image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)
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Scott
1280 var, 2¢, misperfed horizontally to bottom, plate number
29874 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)
and plate number 32127 (Image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)
Scott
1280a, 2¢ single from booklet pane of 5,
plate number 29558
Scott
1280c, 2¢ single from booklet pane of 6,
plate number 32967
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Scott
1280c, 2¢ from booklet pane of 6 misperfed due to paper fold, plate number 32696
Scott
1280b, 2¢ untagged, Bureau precancel,
plate number 32128
Scott
1280d, 2¢ tagging omitted error, plate number 32061
Scott
1281, 3¢ Francis Parkman,
plate number 34244
Scott
1281 var, 3¢, misperfed vertically, plate number 35776
Scott
1281 var, 3¢, misperfed horizontally, plate number 35776
Scott
1281 var, 3¢, misperfed horizontally and vertically, captured plate number 34243
Scott
1281 var, 3¢, ink streak, plate number 29259
Scott
1281a, 3¢ untagged, Bureau precancel, vertical precancel, plate number 36123
Scott
1281a, 3¢ untagged local precancel, horizontal precancel, plate number 29258
Scott
1282, 4¢ Lincoln, untagged,
plate number 28314
Scott
1282 var, 4¢ untagged, Bureau precancel,
plate number 28832
Scott
1282a, 4¢ tagged, plate number 28601
Scott
1283, 5¢ Washington, untagged,
plate number 28352
Scott
1283 var, 5¢ Washington, untagged local precancel, plate number 28356
Scott
1283 var, 5¢ Washington, misperfed horizontally too low, plate number 28353
Scott
1283 var, misperfed horizontally too high, plate number 28359 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)
Scott
1283a, 5¢ Washington, tagged, plate number 28356
Scott
1283B, 5¢ redrawn,
shiny gum, plate number 29362
Scott
1283B var, 5¢ redrawn, dull gum, plate number 39585
Scott
1283B var, 5¢ redrawn, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 29363
Scott
1283Bd, 5¢ redrawn, untagged, Bureau precancel,
plate number 29356
Scott
1284, 6¢ Roosevelt, untagged,
plate number 29631
Scott
1284 var, 6¢, misperfed vertically, plate number 29526 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)
Scott
1284 var, 6¢, misperfed due to paper fold, plate number 30369 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)
Scott
1284a, 6¢ tagged,
plate number 28341
Scott
1284 var, 6¢ untagged, Bureau precancel,
plate number 30366
![](1284pc=var-29614a.jpg)
Scott
1284 var, 6¢ untagged, misprinted Bureau precancel, plate number 29614 (Image courtesy of eBay / threeangels74)
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Scott
1284b, 6¢ booklet single from miscut booklet pane of 8, plate number
30814
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Scott
1284c, 6¢ booklet single from booklet pane of 5,
plate numbers
29556, 29557
Scott
1393D, 7¢ Franklin, tagged,
plate number 33422
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Scott
1393D var, dry printing with non-toxic ink on pre-gummed paper with dull gum, plate number 39870 (Image courtesy of The Philatelic Foundation)
Scott
1393D var, 7¢, misperfed vertically, plate number 33413 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)
Scott
1393D var, 7¢, misperfed horizontally, plate number 39902
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Scott
1393D var, 7¢, misperfed vertically and horizontally, plate number 33423 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)
Scott
1393De, 7¢ Franklin, untagged, Bureau precancel, plate number 33412
Scott
1285, 8¢ Einstein, untagged, plate number 28406
Scott
1285 var, 8¢ untagged, local precancel, plate number 31913
Scott
1285 var, 8¢ untagged, Bureau precancel,
plate number 28398
Scott
1285a, 8¢ Einstein, tagged, plate number 31896
![](1285var=31914a.jpg)
Scott
1285a var, 8¢ Einstein, tagged, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 31914 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)
Scott
1286, 10¢ Jackson,
plate number 29009
Scott
1286 var, 10¢,
misperfed horizontally, plate number 34369
Scott
1286 var, 10¢, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 34369
Scott
1286 var, 10¢, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 34369
Scott
1286 var, 10¢, misperfed horizontally and miscut, plate number 30995
Scott
1286b, 10¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 28010
Scott
1286b var, 10¢ misprinted Bureau precancel, plate number 28968
Scott
1286b var, 10¢, misperfed vertically,
captured plate number 34370
Scott
1286A, 12¢ Ford,
plate number 31267
Scott
1286A var, 12¢, misperfed vertically, plate number 29549
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Scott
1286A var, 12¢, misperfed horizontally, captured plate numbers 29549 and 29548
(Images courtesy of Bill Langs and eBay / sheetguy2)
Scott
1286Ac, 12¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 31266
Scott
1286A var, 12¢, local precancel, plate number 31911
Scott
1287, 13¢ Kennedy, tagged,
plate number 29392
Scott
1287 var, 13¢ misperfed
vertically, plate number 29113
Scott
1287 var, 13¢ misperfed
vertically and horizontally, captured plate number 29393
Scott
1287a, 13¢, untagged, Bureau precancel, plate number 29114
Scott
1397, 14¢ LaGuardia,
plate number 33458
Scott
1397a, 14¢ untagged, Bureau precancel,
plate number 33457
Scott
1288 15¢ Holmes Type I,
tagged, plate number 29603
Scott
1288a, 15¢ Type I, untagged, silent precancel,
plate number 28936
Scott
1288a, 15¢ Type I, untagged, Bureau precancel, plate number 29602
Scott
1288h, 15¢ Type I, untagged error, plate number 38160
Scott
1288d, 15¢ Type II, tagged, plate number 39024
Scott
1288B, 15¢ Type III,
was issued only in
booklet format. Plate numbers were not normally issued.
Scott
1398, 16¢ Ernie Pyle,
plate number 32886
Scott
1398a, 16¢, untagged Bureau precancel,
plate number 32888
Scott
1399, 18¢ Elizabeth Blackwell,
plate number 34926
Scott
1289, 20¢ George C. Marshall untagged, plate number
29425
Scott
1289 var, 20¢ Bureau precancel, plate number
29425
Scott
1289 var, 20¢ silent precancel, plate number
38873
Scott
1289 var, Macon NC local precancel error, plate number
38537
Scott
1289a, 20¢ Marshall tagged, plate number 30918
Scott
1289a var, 20¢ Marshall tagged, misperfed vertically, plate number 38537
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Scott
1289a var, 20¢ Marshall tagged, misperfed horizontally and vertically, plate numbers 35342 and 38537
Scott
1289b, 20¢, plate number
29262
Scott
1400, 21¢ Giannini,
plate number 34184
Scott
1400 var, 21¢ Giannini, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 34180
Scott
1400 var, 21¢ Giannini, misperfed vertically to right, plate number 34184
Scott
1290, 25¢ Douglass, brown, untagged,
plate number 28946
Scott
1290 var, 25¢ rose lake, plate number 28946
Scott
1290 var, 25¢ brown, untagged, Bureau precancel, plate number 28946
Scott
1290 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 28946 (Image courgesy of Stuart Katz)
Scott
1290a, 25¢ brown, tagged, plate number 31290
Scott
1290a var, 25¢ tagged, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 37604
Known with shiny gum and dull gum
Scott
1290b, 25¢ magenta error,
plate number 37605
Scott
1291, 30¢ Dewey, lilac,
untagged, plate number 30321
Scott
1291 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 31292
Scott
1291 var, 30¢ lilac, Bureau precancel,
plate number 30320
Scott
1291a, 30¢ lilac,
tagged, plate number 31292
Scott
1292, 40¢ Paine,
untagged, plate number 31337
Scott
1292a, 40¢ Paine, tagged, plate number 37045
Known with shiny and dull gum
Scott
1292a var, 40¢, misperfed vertically,
captured plate number 37044 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)
Scott
1292 var, 40¢ untagged Bureau precancel,
plate number 29545
Scott
1293, 50¢ Stone,
untagged, plate number 31589
Scott
1293 var, 50¢ Stone, misperfed horizontally, plate number 31588
Scott
1293a, 50¢
tagged, plate number 33079
Scott
1293a var, 50¢, misperfed horizontally, plate number 33077 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)
Scott
1294, $1 O'Neill,
untagged, plate number 32903
The "one dollar" denomination is spelled out and does not conform to UPU regulations.
Scott
1294 var, $1 untagged Bureau precancel, plate number 32903
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Scott
1294 var, $1 O'Neill, misperfed horizontally to top, plate number 32848 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)
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Scott
1294 var, misperfed horizontally to bottom, also misperfed vertically, plate number 32847 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)
Scott
1294a, $1 tagged, plate
number 37994
Scott
1294a var, $1 tagged, misperfed horizontally, plate
number 37564
Scott
1294b, $1 black violet error, plate
number 32903
Scott
1295, $5 Moore,
untagged, plate number 28766
The "five dollars" denomination is spelled out and does not conform to UPU regulations.
Scott
1295 var, $5,
misperfed vertically, plate number 28766
Scott
1295 var, $5
with unusual Bat Cave,
NC local precancel, plate number 28767
Scott
1295a, $5 Moore, tagged, plate number 28766
Coil issues
Scott 1299, 1¢ Jefferson sidewise coil,
plate number 29490
Scott 1297, 3¢ Parkman endwise coil, plate number 36091
Scott 1297a, 3¢ Parkman coil, Bureau precancel, plate number 36092
Scott 1303, 4¢ Lincoln sidewise coil, plate number 28271
Scott 1303a, 4¢ sidewise coil, Bureau precancel, plate number 28272
Scott 1304, 5¢ Washington sidewise coil, plate number 28704
Scott 1298, 6¢ FDR endwise coil, plate number 29629
Scott 1305, 6¢ sidewise coil, plate number 30167
Scott 1305E, 15¢ Holmes sidewise
coil, plate number 38961
Scott 1305C, $1 O'Neill sidewise
coil,
plate number 33984
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