Stamps on the Postcards

Postcards to Fred Wright, 1904–1918

Four stamps carried all of Fred's postcards. The chart shows how many cards bore each one, year by year (click a column to go to its first card); below, each stamp from the clearest copy in the collection, at full scan resolution (click to open it alone). Catalogue numbers are the Scott numbers for the design; printings, perforations and watermarks are not told apart.

Stamps by year

1904: 1 × 1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Series of 1902119041905: 1 × 1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Series of 1902119051906: 1 × 1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Series of 1902119061907: 3 × 1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Series of 1902319071908: 5 × 1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Series of 1902519081909: 5 × 1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Washington–Franklin issue of 1908519091910: 13 × 1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Washington–Franklin issue of 19081910: 11 × 1¢ George Washington, 1912 design2419101911: 16 × 1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Washington–Franklin issue of 19081619111912: 3 × 1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Washington–Franklin issue of 19081912: 7 × 1¢ George Washington, 1912 design1019121913: 1 × 1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Washington–Franklin issue of 19081913: 22 × 1¢ George Washington, 1912 design2319131914: 6 × 1¢ George Washington, 1912 design619141915: 7 × 1¢ George Washington, 1912 design719151916: 23 × 1¢ George Washington, 1912 design2319161917: 13 × 1¢ George Washington, 1912 design1917: 1 × 2¢ George Washington, 1912 design1419171918: 2 × 2¢ George Washington, 1912 design21918
1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Series of 19021¢ Benjamin Franklin, Washington–Franklin issue of 19081¢ George Washington, 1912 design2¢ George Washington, 1912 design
1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Series of 1902

1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Series of 1902

Scott 300 · on 11 cards

Blue-green, engraved; issued in 1903. Franklin between allegorical figures in an ornate frame, with 'Series 1902' at the top. One cent was the postcard rate.

Cards: 1, 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14

1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Washington–Franklin issue of 1908

1¢ Benjamin Franklin, Washington–Franklin issue of 1908

Scott 331; 374 from 1910 · on 38 cards

Green; Franklin's profile after Houdon's bust, in an oval wreath, with the value spelled out, ONE CENT. The 1908 printings and the 1910 ones on single-line watermarked paper look alike on a card.

Cards: 15, 17, 19, 20, 21, 45, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 58, 61, 63, 64, 66, 68, 70, 71, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 88, 91, 102

1¢ George Washington, 1912 design

1¢ George Washington, 1912 design

Scott 405 and later printings · on 89 cards

Green; from 1912 the one-cent stamp shows Washington with the value in figures, 1 CENT 1 (Franklin moved to the higher values). Printed until the 1920s in several perforations and coils, which are not told apart here.

Cards: 22, 24, 25, 33, 42, 44, 55, 59, 60, 62, 65, 87, 89, 90, 92, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, 170, 171, 172, 173, 174

2¢ George Washington, 1912 design

2¢ George Washington, 1912 design

Scott 406 and later printings · on 3 cards

Carmine. The postcard rate doubled to two cents on November 2, 1917, as a war tax (until July 1919); all three of these cards were mailed after that date.

Cards: 177, 179, 180

No stamp (41 cards): No stamp: never mailed, sent in an envelope, a printed 'place stamp here' box, or the stamp is gone. 3, 5, 8, 16, 18, 23, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 43, 46, 54, 56, 57, 67, 69, 72, 93, 109, 115, 122, 123, 130, 143, 175, 176, 178, 181, 182