United States Postal Service - Famous American Series. (First Day Covers - the Poets' Group). Henry W. Longfellow, John Greenleaf Whittier, James Russell Lowell , Walt Whitman, James Whitcomb Riley

1940. Scott 864-868. Uncacheted addressed First day covers. The Poets Group, The Poets Group, The Postal Bulletin of January 18, 1940, carried the following announcement: "COMMEMORATIVE STAMPS- FAMOUS AMERICANS SERIES", "Third Assistant Postmaster General, "Washington, January 07, 1940. "Supplementing the notice in the Postal Bulletin of December 29, 1939, postmasters and em¬ployees of the Postal Service ore hereby advised of the issuance of the second, or Poets' Group, in this special series of postage stamps. "A description of the stamps fellows: 1 cent,Green, Henry W. Longfellow, Portland, Maine, Feb. 16; 2 cent, Red, John Greenleaf Whittier, Haverhill, Mass. Feb. 16; 3 cent,Purple, James Russell Lowell, Cambridge, Mass. Feb. 20; 5 cent, Blue, Walt Whitman, Camden, N, J. Feb. 20; 10 cent, Brown, James Whitcomb Riley, Greenfield, Ind. Feb. 24. "These stamps will be 85/100 by 98/100 inch in dimensions arranged vertically. They will be printed by rotary process and issued in sheets of 70. Postmarked January-February 1940. From the collection of Frederick Langford. .

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