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Constitution Sesquicentennial commemorative stamps
Constitution Sesquicentennial commemorative stamps
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Constitution Sesquicentennial commemorative stamps

Permanent ID:
9057
Date:
September 17 1937
Image Description:

Sheet of stamps issued to commemorate the Sesquicentennial of the signing of the United States Constitution in September 1937.  This sheet of 50 3-cent stamps was sold for $1.50 to Philadelphia Mayor S. Davis Wilson at Indepedence Hall by Postmaster Joseph F. Gallagher on Constitution Day.  The stamps depict the signing of the Constitution on September 17, 1787.
Inscription:
Sept 17th, 1937 Joseph F. Gallagher P.M. [Postmaster] S. Davis Wilson Mayor First Stamps of this issue sold to Mayor S. Davis Wilson (on recto)
Format:
Ephemera
Collection:
United States Constitution Sesquicentennial Celebration papers