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Image: Sherman Grant Sheridan 1937 Issue-3c

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Description: U.S. Postage Stamp, commemorating William T.Sherman and Ulysses S. Grant and Philip Sheridan, Army Issue of 1937, 3c, violet President Theodore Roosevelt originally for a series of U.S. Postage stamps commemorating the Army, Navy and various war heros of the American Revolution, the War of 1812 and the American Civil War. His dream was never realized until 1937 when President Franklin D. Roosevelt, who was a serious stamp collector himself, urged congress and the U.S. Post Office to issue the long overdue Army and Navy Issue of 1937; Ten stamps consisting of two sets of five, one each for the Army and Navy, with denominations of 1c, 2c, 3c, 4c and 5c.
Title: Sherman Grant Sheridan 1937 Issue-3c
Credit: U.S. Government; Post Office Department Hi-res scan of U.S. postage stamp by Gwillhickers
Author: U.S. Post Office, 1937; Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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