United States Stamp Collection

United States Liberty Stamp Album (by Harris Masterwork), with various (incomplete) US postal service stamps, 1857-1977. Comes in a collection book (missing cover flap). Some highlights: 1) one of the first perforated stamps with George Washington (three cent from 1857-1860) 2) civil war era George Washington (3 cent, 1861-1862); 3) Andrew Jackson (2 cent, 1870-1871); 4) George Washington 1890-1893 2-cent (see EBay sample photo); 5) 1910-1911 watermarked George Washington; 6) full page of 1945-1946 armed forces stamps; 7) 1951 NATO (14 nations against spread of communism 3-cent); 8) 1953 American bar association stamp; 9) 1954 “atoms for peace” stamp; 10) 1957 48-star flag (first time US flag shown alone on stamp); 11) 1958 “freedom of the press” stamp; 12) 1959 “world peace through world trade” stamp; 13) 1960 50-star stamp (after Hawaii became state in 1959); 14) 1960 Thomas Masaryk stamps to celebrate first president of Czechoslovakia; 15) 1963-1964 John Muir 5-cent stamp; 16) 1964 Stuart Davis art stamp (first modern art on US stamp); 17) 1966 honor stamp for Poland’s 1000th year anniversary adoption of Christianity; 18) 1971-1972 “a decade of achievement” for the US in space (two-set); 19) 1973 “LOVE” stamp (pop artist Robt. Indiana); 20) full page of 1973 American Revolution Bicentennial stamps; 21) full page of 1975 Revolutionary War Uniforms stamps; 22) 1976 full page stamps of “Surrender of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown”, “Decl of Indp”, “Wash. crossing the Del.”