1954 Liberty Series (Sixth Bureau
Series)
Stamps of this series mostly featured patriotic figures and buildings
relating to the American Revolution.
Regular issues
Scott
1030, 1/2¢ Franklin,
wet printing, plate number 26002
Scott
1030 var, 1/2¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 26002
Scott
1030 var, misperfed due to pre-print paper fold, plate number 26907
Scott
1030a, 1/2¢ Franklin, dry printing, plate number 26263
Scott
1030P, proof plate number 25980 (Image courtesy of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum)
Scott
1031, 1¢ Washington,
wet printing, plate number 27152
Scott
1031 var, 1¢ local precancel, plate number 25681
Scott
1031 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 26994
Scott
1031 var, 1¢ Washington,
misperfed, plate number 26163
Scott
1031 var, misperfed due to foldover, plate number 25677 (Image courtesy of eBay / stuffpreserve)
and 25692 (Image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)
Scott
1031b, 1¢ Washington,
dry printing, plate number 25281
Scott
1031A, 1-1/4¢ Palace of the Governors,
plate number 26642
Scott
1031A var, 1-1/4¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 26620
Scott
1032, 1-1/2¢ Mount Vernon,
plate number 25410
Scott
1032 var, 1-1/2¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 25410
Scott
1033, 2¢ Jefferson,
plate number 25458
Scott
1033 var, 2¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 25876
Scott
1033 var, 2¢ Jefferson,
perfin "LACo" (Los Angeles County), plate number 25574
Scott 1033 var,
crazy perfs resulting from foldover, plate number 25457
Scott
1033 var,
misperfed vertically, captured plate number 25137
Scott
1033 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 25080
Scott
1033 var, misperfed vertically and horizontally due to foldovers, plate numbers 25050, 25457, 25465 and 25472.
(25457 image courtesy of eBay / momenstamps)
Scott
1033 var,
misperfed diagonally, plate numbers 25046, 25457 and 25465 (25046 image courtesy of Stuart Katz)
Scott
1033a, 2¢ Jefferson, silkote paper,
plate number 25061
Very bright, experimental Silkote
paper was used only on a very small printing of 5000 panes for plates 25061 and 25062, with no notice
to the public. Virtually all copies were distributed through the Westbrook, Maine post office substation during Christmas
1954.
Scott
1034, 2-1/2¢ Bunker Hill Monument,
plate number 26309
Scott
1034 var, 2-1/2¢ local precancel,
plate number 26308
Scott
1035, 3¢ Liberty, wet printing, plate number 24943
Scott
1035 var, 3¢ Liberty, wet printing, overinked, plate number 24979
Scott
1035 var, wet printing, misperfed horizontally, plate number 24966
Scott
1035 var, wet printing, misperfed due to paper fold, plate number 25532 (Image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)
Scott
1035 var, 3¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 25083
Scott
1035c, 3¢ Liberty, dry printing, plate number 25822
Scott
1035c var, dry printing, Bureau precancel, plate number 25841
Scott 1035c var, dry printing, perfin "M" (University of Minnesota), plate number 25531
Scott 1035c var, dry printing, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 25514
Scott 1035c var, dry printing, misperfed due to paper fold, plate number 25546 (Image courtesy of Daniel F. Kelleher Auctions)
Scott
1035e, 3¢ Liberty, tagged, plate number 27273
Scott
1035a, 3¢ Liberty,
single from wet printed booklet pane, plate number 24980
Scott
1035d, 3¢ Liberty, single from dry printed booklet pane, plate number 25357
Scott
1036, 4¢ Lincoln,
wet printing, plate number 26983
Scott
1036 var, 4¢ Bureau precancel, plate number 26931
Scott
1036 var, perfin "ISU" (Iowa State
University), plate number 26421
Scott
1036 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate numbers 25456 and 26268
Scott
1036a, 4¢ Lincoln,
dry printing, plate number 26997
Scott
1036a var, dry printing, misperfed horizontally, plate number 27168 (Image courtesy of eBay / ckstamps)
Scott
1036e, 4¢ Lincoln tagged,
plate number 27109
Scott
1036b, 4¢
Lincoln, single from
booklet pane, plate number 26518
Scott
1037, 4-1/2¢ Hermitage,
plate number 26265
Scott
1037 var, 4-1/2¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 26264
Scott
1038, 5¢ Monroe,
plate number 25091
Scott
1038 var, 5¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 25858
Scott
1039, 6¢ Theodore Roosevelt,
wet printing, plate number 25853
Scott 1039 var, 6¢ Bureau precancel,
wet printing, plate number 25844
Scott
1039a, 6¢ Theodore Roosevelt,
dry printing, plate number 25192
Scott
1040, 7¢ Wilson,
plate number 25304
Scott
1040 var, 7¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 25310
Scott
1041B, 8¢ Liberty, Rotary Press printing,
plate numbers 24927 and 24923
Scott
1041B var, pre-print paper fold, plate number 24935 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)
Scott 1041, 8¢ Liberty,
Flat Plate printing,
plate numbers 24937 and 24915
Scott
1041 var, 8¢ Liberty,
red shifted down, plate numbers 24938 and 24940
Scott
1041 var, 8¢ Liberty, red shifted down and right, plate number 24927
Scott 1041 var, 8¢ Liberty, Flat Plate printing, Bureau precancel,
plate number 24920
Scott 1041 var, Flat Plate printing, Bureau precancel, red shifted left, plate number 24920
Scott 1041 var, Flat plate printing, red shifted down, pink background, plate number 24937 (Image courtesy of eBay / stuffpreserve)
Scott 1041 var, 8¢ Liberty, Flat Plate printing, misperfed horizontally, plate number 24939
Scott 1041 var, 8¢ Liberty, Flat Plate printing, pre-print paper fold, plate number 24935
Scott
1042, 8¢ Liberty, Re-engraved,
plate number 26224
Scott
1042 var, 8¢ Liberty, Re-engraved, local precancel,
plate number 26224
Scott 1042 var, 8¢ Liberty, Re-engraved,
perfin "ISU" (Iowa State University), plate number 26937
Scott
1042 var, 8¢ Liberty, Re-engraved,
misperfed vertically, captured plate number
26242
Scott
1042 var, 8¢ Liberty, Re-engraved, misperfed horizontally, plate number
25932
Scott
1214 (formerly 1042A), 8¢ Pershing,
plate number 27076
Originally assigned a catalogue number in the Liberty series, this stamp matches the designs of
the 1¢ Jackson and 5¢ Washington stamps of 1962. Modern postal history
research shows that it is more properly considered part of the 1962
series, sometimes known as the "Sixth-and-a-Half Bureau Issue." Scott recently renumbered the 8¢ Pershing stamp as Scott 1214.
Scott
1043, 9¢ Alamo,
plate number 25394
Scott
1043 var, 9¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 25415
Scott
1044, 10¢ Independence Hall, dry printing,
plate number 25938
Scott
1044 var, 10¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 26951
Scott
1044 var, misperfed due to paper fold,
plate number 25602 (Image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)
Scott
1044d, 10¢ Independence Hall tagged,
plate number 27773
Scott
1044A, 11¢ Liberty,
plate number 26978
Scott
1044A var, 11¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 26986
Scott
1044Ac, 11¢ Liberty tagged,
plate number 26979
Scott
1045, 12¢ Benjamin Harrison,
plate number 26281
Scott
1045, 12¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 26281
Scott
1045a, 12¢ Benjamin Harrison tagged,
plate number 26281
Scott
1046, 15¢ John Jay,
plate number 26166
Scott
1046 var, 15¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 26166
Scott
1046a, 15¢ John Jay tagged,
plate number 27968
Scott
1047, 20¢ Monticello,
plate number 28021
Scott
1047 var, 20¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 27002
Scott
1047 var, misperfed horizontally,
captured plate number 26257
Scott
1047 var, misperfed due to paper fold,
plate number 27003 (Image courtesy of Kelleher Auctions)
Scott
1048, 25¢ Paul Revere,
plate number 25963
Scott
1048, 25¢ Bureau precancel,
plate number 25962
Scott 1048, 25¢ perfin,
unidentified pattern but probably for a university, plate number 25962
Scott
1049, 30¢ Robert E. Lee, wet printing,
plate number 25251
Scott
1049 var, 30¢ Robert E. Lee, wet printing, Bureau precancel,
plate number 25251
Scott
1049a, 30¢ Robert E. Lee, dry printing,
plate number 25487
Scott
1050, 40¢ John Marshall, wet printing,
plate number 26203
Scott
1050, misperfed due to paper fold,
plate number 25571 (Image courtesy of Kelleher Auctions)
Scott
1050 var, 40¢ John Marshall, wet printing, Bureau precancel,
plate number 25571
Scott
1050a, 40¢ John Marshall, dry printing,
plate number 25250
Scott
1050a var, 40¢ John Marshall, dry printing, Bureau precancel,
plate number 25249
Scott
1051, 50¢ Susan B. Anthony, wet printing, plate number 25898
Scott
1051 var, 50¢ Susan B. Anthony, wet printing, Bureau precancel,
plate number 25231
Scott
1051 var, misperfed vertically,
captured plate number 25238
Scott
1051a, 50¢ Susan B. Anthony, dry printing,
plate number 25898
Scott
1052, $1 Patrick Henry, wet printing,
plate number 26207
Scott
1052 var, $1 Patrick Henry, wet printing, Bureau precancel,
plate number 26207
Scott
1052a var, $1 Patrick Henry, dry printing, Bureau precancel,
plate number 22528
Scott
1053, $5 Alexander Hamilton,
plate number 25367
Unlike the rest of the Liberty Series, this high value definitive was a flat plate printing. It is believed to be the last flat plate regular postage issue produced by BEP.
Coil issues
Scott
1054, 1¢ Washington sidewise coil,
dry printing, complete plate
number 25721
Scott 1054, 1¢ Washington sidewise coil,
showing "counting number" 12. These occurred at 4-stamp intervals
and are not plate numbers. They were trimmed away before coiling.
Scott
1054c, 1¢ Washington sidewise coil, Bureau precancel,
wet printing, plate
number 25049
Scott
1054A, 1-1/4¢ Palace of Governors endwise coil, plate number
26671
Scott
1054A var, 1-1/4¢ coil, Bureau precancel, plate number
26670
Scott
1055, 2¢ Jefferson sidewise coil,
wet printing, plate number
25151
Scott
1055 var, 2¢ Jefferson sidewise coil, wet printing, Bureau precancel, plate number
25044
Scott
1055a, 2¢ Jefferson sidewise coil, dry printing, plate number
25759
Scott
1055a var, 2¢ Jefferson coil, dry printing, Bureau precancel, plate number
25968
Scott
1055b, 2¢ Jefferson sidewise coil, tagged, plate number
35575
Scott
1056, 2-1/2¢ Bunker Hill sidewise coil, plate number
26280
Scott
1056 var, 2-1/2¢ Bunker Hill coil, Bureau precancel, plate number
26279
Scott 1057, 3¢ Liberty sidewise coil, wet printing,
two partial plate
numbers photographically cropped from longer strips to show complete plate
number 24993
Scott 1057a, 3¢ Liberty sidewise coil, dry printing, plate
number 25718
Scott
1057c, 3¢ Liberty sidewise coil, tagged,
plate number 24983
Scott
1058, 4¢ Lincoln sidewise coil,
plate number 28666 (?)
Scott 1058,
4¢ Lincoln sidewise coil,
showing "counting number" 8
Scott
1059, 4-1/2¢ Hermitage endwise coil,
plate number
26262
Scott
1059 var, 4-1/2¢ Hermitage coil, Bureau precancel, plate number
26262
Scott 1059A, 25¢
Revere sidewise coil,
plate numbers
30768 and 30767
Scott
1059Ab, 25¢ Revere sidewise coil,
tagged, plate
numbers 30767 and 30768
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