FREE: US Stamp, Unused - Scott # 986

The listing, US Stamp, Unused - Scott # 986 has ended.

This is stamp is in mint condition and is unhinged. Stamp comes in its own plastic case.

U.S. #986
1949 3¢ Edgar Allen Poe

Issue Date: October 7, 1949
City: Richmond, Virginia
Quantity: 122,633,000
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 10 ½ x 11
Color: Bright red violet

U.S. #986 was issued to honor Edgar Allen Poe on the 100th anniversary of his death. Poe was orphaned as an infant in Boston, and was taken in by a family in Richmond, Virginia, where he grew up. Richmond hosts the Poe Museum, and was the site of the First Day of Issue for this stamp. Poe was nearly included in the “Famous Americans” stamps in 1940. This 1949 stamp is designed in a similar manner to stamps from that series.