1913 US Parcel Post

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1913 US Parcel Post Jan 4, 2021 8:47:22 GMT -5 kacyds, Gordon Lee, and 5 more like this

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Designs were selected and approved by Postmaster General Hitchcock after an extensive series of photographs and sketches had been submitted by Director J. E. Ralph, of the Bureau. The frames and arrangement of the central subjects were designed by C. A. Huston, the Bureau artist.

Before looking at individual stamps - a set of rare proofs - originally on larger paper - scans trimmed for archiving

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1913 US Parcel Post Jan 4, 2021 9:02:58 GMT -5 kacyds, khj, and 3 more like this

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1c Q1
Post Office clerk stands before a vertical rack of mail bags. The view taken was in the interior of the City Post Office at Washington.
This stamp was designed by C. A. Huston from a photograph and engraved by M. W. Baldwin, J. Eissler and E. M. Hall, all of the Bureau.
Quantlty lssued:
1913 & 1914....209,691,094
This was one of the first values to be issued together with the 2, 5 and 25
cent stamps

Washington P.O. 1910

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1913 US Parcel Post Jan 4, 2021 18:30:19 GMT -5 kacyds, guyana1230, and 2 more like this

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2c Q2
A photograph of a mail carrier was supplied and the background was added.
The stamp was engraved by J. Eissler and E. M. Hall
Quantity lssued:
1913 & 1914..... 206,417,253

The first design for this value showed the steamship and mail tender eventually used on the 10c. The ship is the SS Kronprinz Wilhelm with a mail tender along its starboard. side

Then the image proposed for the 5c was used instead
Note the title "City Letter Carrier" was changed to "City Carrier"

The image on the final copy was from a photograph of of a senior postman in Madison WI.

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1913 US Parcel Post Jan 5, 2021 8:54:14 GMT -5 kacyds, guyana1230, and 2 more like this

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3c Q3
There was a lot of debate over the content and the stamp was issued 4 months after the initial stamps.
There is an interesting retouched variety of this value from plate No. 6257.
The retouching is on the seventh stamp of the lower left pane and occurs in the triangle below the right numeral " 3 ". The normal stamp triangle has a background consisting of five vertical lines and one horizontal line. In the retouched stamp this triangle has two additional horizontal lines. This was the first retouched variety of the twentieth century and is quite desirable.
Quantity issued:
1913 & 1914.... 28,927,433

Original photograph showing mail clerk removing a mail pouch from the catcher

A picture of a mail pouch on the catcher. As the train went through a town the catcher on the mail train would grab the pouch so the train did not need to slow down

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4c Q4
The 4-cent stamp featured the Nebraskan mail carrier and Medal of Honor recipient William Haliday Williams.
The mail wagon is from a model in the Post Office Museum in Washilgton. A horse was hitched to it and a photograph taken, the surrounding landscape being applied by the Bureau artist, C. A. Huston. The stamp was engraved by M. W. Baldwin, E. Myers, E. M. Hall, J. Benzing and H. Charlton, of the Bureau.
Quantity issued:
Fiscal year 1913 & 1914.....76,743,813

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1913 US Parcel Post Jan 7, 2021 8:33:44 GMT -5 kacyds, guyana1230, and 2 more like this

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5c

The first design for this value showed a letter carrier delivering mail which was changed in favor of the mail train.
The first train design portrayed a side view of the mail train from a distance.
The mail bag in position to be picked up was too inconspicuous and the design was rejected.
Another view was substituted with the mail bag more prominent.
The design was a combination of a photograph and a sketch made by C. A. Huston and the engraving was executed by C. Chalmers, E. Hall, J. Eissler and E. Myers, all of the Bureau.
Quantity issued:
1913 & 1914...28.153,992

Rejected image

This design was accepted with modiffcations to the mail bag being suspended from a modern rack and the catcher on the train put into a more prominent position.

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1913 US Parcel Post Jan 10, 2021 11:05:28 GMT -5 kacyds, alyn, and 3 more like this

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10c
The first design was the Rural Delivery which was relegated to the 4c.
The accepted subject is a combination photo and sketch showing the steamer "Kronprinz Wilhelm" arriving in New York harbor on February 23, 1902.
The initial design showed the ship leaving with the mail tender on the side which was incorrect.
This stamp was designed by C. A. Huston, and engraved by C. Chalmers, both of the Bureau.
Quantity issued:
1913 & 1914: 56,886,653

Unaccepted Design

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1913 US Parcel Post Jan 12, 2021 6:48:49 GMT -5 kacyds, alyn, and 2 more like this

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15c
The design is from a photograph taken in Washington and supplied by the Post Office Department to the Bureau.
It was designed by C. A. Huston, and engraved by L. S. Schofield, J. Benzing, E. M. Hall and E. Myers, all of the Bureau.
Quantity issued:
1913 & 1914: 21,146,033

Minor changes - mainly changing title "Collection Service" to "Automobile Service"

Period Mail Car

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20c
This is apparently the first stamp bearing the picture of an airplane issued by any nation (see below). It appeared just about nine years after the famous Kitty Hawk flight by the Wright Brothers.
The aeroplane was from a photograph taken at College Park, near Washington, purposely for this stamp. The back ground was drawn in later by the Bureau artist, C. A. Huston. The engraving done by H. Charlton, E. M. Hall and J. Benzing
Quantity issued:
1913 & 1914.... 17,142,998

Wright Model B Plane

There are of course airplane Cindy's that predate the 1913 issue

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Jan 13, 2021 7:58:47 GMT -5 sforgca said:

20c
This is apparently the first stamp bearing the picture of an airplane issued by any nation (see below). It appeared just about nine years after the famous Kitty Hawk flight by the Wright Brothers.
The aeroplane was from a photograph taken at College Park, near Washington, purposely for this stamp. The back ground was drawn in later by the Bureau artist, C. A. Huston. The engraving done by H. Charlton, E. M. Hall and J. Benzing
Quantity issued:
1913 & 1914.... 17,142,998

That is very interesting. I live less than twenty miles from College Park, Maryland. I took my master's degree at the University of Maryland, very near that airport, which is still in use today. That might be a depiction of the Maryland Agricultural College (MAC) at the time of the flight ... I would have to look at some historical images to see if that matches a part of what is now a very large campus. MAC became the University of Maryland in 1920.

Apparently, the airport was established in 1909 as the military demonstration site for the Wright Brothers. College Park Airport is the world's oldest continually operating airport ( College Park Airport website ).

I notice the designation "No. 1" on a placard beside the pilot. I wonder if that is for "Plane No. 1" or "Test Flight No. 1" or (most unlikely) "First Stamp Depicting an Airplane."

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1913 US Parcel Post Jan 15, 2021 9:45:18 GMT -5 kacyds, guyana1230, and 2 more like this

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25c
The vignette is based on a photograph of a steel plant in Chicago, which was also used in a preliminary delign for the 50 cent and the one dollar stamps. It was supplied by J. E. Ralph, then Director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing.
It was engraved by H. Charlton, E. Myers and E. M. Hall, all of the Bureau.
Quantity issued:
1913-1915...21,930,673

Unused design

Unused Design

Steel Mill Used

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50c
Before a die was made it had been the intention to use the steel mill scene on this value, but it was discarded in favor of a dairy farming subject.
The accepted vignette, after a photograph submitted by the Department of Agriculture.
Initially the buildings were very prominent but were made less conspicuous.
There is also a rumour that a weather vane on the building gave it the appearance of a church.
The engraving was done by M. W. Baldwin and E. M. Hall.
Quantity issued:
1913-1916....2,717,793

Rejected essay

Accepted Essay

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75c
The subject is after a photograph furnished by the Department of Agriculture.
This was a design especially dedicated to the large agricultural section of the Middle West with its wide expanse of level fields that made modern farming machinery possible.
The stamp was designed by C. A. Huston, and engraved by C. M. Chalmers, M. W. Baldwin, E. M. Hall, F. Lamasure, and E. Myers, all of the Bureau.
Quantity Issued
The deliveries to the Post Office Department were
2,773,095
3,510,845 in September, 1921, were destroyed. The issue was a poor seller

$1
Several designs were submitted and essays of the selected design exist lacking shading in the sky, this being added before the design was finally approved and the transfer roll made.
This stamp was designed by C..A. Houston, and was engraved by M. W. Baldwin, E. M. Hall, C. M. Chalmers, E. Myers and F. Lamasure, all of the Bureau.
Quantities issued:
1913 - 1917 ...1,052,963

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