USPS Stamp Posters #1 (48 Different Sheets)

USPS Stamp Posters

Stamp Posters, the forerunners of Souvenir Pages, were printed to be displayed on Post Office bulletin boards from 1959 (49-Star Flag) through 1981 (Rachel Carson) and were also made available to collectors. They are the same size as Souvenir Pages, 8 x 10-1/2 inches, but were printed on a lesser-quality paper without watermarks.  Initially, Stamp Posters were printed in gray, but then came to be printed in any one of a variety of colors to complement the stamp that was pictured.

Printed by the Government Printing Office, they were available by subscription in mint condition (uncancelled, with no stamp affixed, folded in thirds) and often distributed unfolded ("flat"). Enterprising collectors and dealers had stamps affixed and first day cancelled, since they often affixed their own stamps. 

These items are generally collected with the stamp affixed and first day cancelled, although they can also be collected in "mint" condition (no stamp, no cancellation). Stamp Posters were issued for every US postal issue, including stamped envelopes, postal cards and aerogrammes, and are also known as "Unofficials" or "Poster Bulletins".

Poster in very good condition with very little wear.

9-cent Freedom to Assemble Regular Coil Stamp

Issue Date:  March 5, 1976 

First Day City:  Milwaukee, WI 

(76-3)

Chemistry Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  April 6, 1976

First Day City:  New York, NY

(76-4)

7.9-cent Bulk Rate Regular Postage Stamp

Issue Date:  April 23, 1976

First Dat City:  Miami, FL

(76-5)

Commercial Aviation Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  March 19, 1976

First Day City:  Chicago, IL

(76-7)

Benjamin Franklin Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  June 1, 1976

First Day City:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

(76-9)

Declaration of Independence Commemorative Stamps

Issue Date:  July 4, 1976

First Day City:  Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

(76-11)

1976 Olympic Commemorative Stamps

Issue Date:  July 16, 1976

First Day City:  Lake Placid, New York

(76-12)

Clara Maass Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  August 18, 1976

First Day City:  Belleville, New Jersey

(76-13)

Adolph S. Ochs Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  September 18, 1976

First Day City:  New York, NY

(76-14)

7.7-cent Bulk Rate Regular Postage Stamp

Issue Date:  November 20, 1976

First Dat City:  New York, NY

(76-16)

Washington at Princeton Bicentennial Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  January 3, 1977

First Day City:  Princeton, New Jersey

(77-1)

Centennial of Sound Recording Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  March 23, 1977

First Day City:  Washington DC

(77-3)

Pueblo Indian Pottery Commemorative Stamps

Issue Date:  April 13, 1977

First Day City:  Santa Fe, New Mexico

(77-4)

50th Anniversary of First Solo Transatlantic Flight

Issue Date:  May 20, 1977

First Day City:  Garden City, New York

(77-5)

Skilled Hands for Independence Commemorative Stamps

Issue Date:  July 4, 1977

First Day City:  Cincinnati, Ohio

(77-9)

9 cent Galveston Court House Pictorial Postal Card

Issue Date:  July 20, 1977

First Day City:  Galveston, Texas

(77-10)

Good Neighbors Peace Bridge Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  August 4, 1977

First Day City:  Buffalo, New York

(77-11)

Herkimer at Oriskany Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  August 6, 1977

First Day City:  Herkimer, New York

(77-12)

First Civil Settlement in Alta California Commemorative Postage Stamp

Issue Date:  September 9, 1977

First Day City:  San Jose, California

(77-13)

Drafting the Articles of Confederation Commemorative Postage Stamp

Issue Date:  September 30, 1977

First Day City:  York, Pennsylvania

(77-14)

     ***This sheet has some water damage***

1977 Christmas Stamps

Issue Date:  October 21, 1977

First Day Cities:  Valley Forge, PA

                         Omaha, NE (Mailbox)

(77-17)

9-cent Natan Hale Postal Card (Patriots Postal Card Series)

Issue Date:  October 14, 1977

First Day City:  Coventry, CT

(77-18)

Root of Democracy Regular Postage Stamps (American Series)

Issue Date:  December 8, 1977

First Day City:  St. Louis, Missouri

(77-23)

16-cent Statue of Liberty Regular Postage Stamp

Issue Date:  March 31, 1978

First Day City:  New York City, New York

(78-7)

29-cent Lighthouse Regular Postage Stamp

Issue Date:  April, 14, 1978

First Day City:  Atlantic City, New Jersey

(78-8)

Jimmie Rodgers Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  May 24, 1978

First Day City:  Meridian, Mississippi

(78-11)

10-cent Cincinnati Music Hall Postal Card (Historic Preservation Series

Issue Date:  May 12, 1978

First Day City:  Cincinnati, Ohio

(78-12)

John Hancock Postal Card (Patriots Postal Card Series)

Issue Date May 19, 1978

First Day City:  Quincy, Massachusetts

(78-13)

Capex'78 Souvenir Sheet

Issue Date:  June 10, 1978

First Day City:  Toronto, Canada

(78-14A&B)

"A" Stamps & Embossed Envelopes

Issue Date:  May 22, 1978

First Day City:  Memphis, Tennessee

(78-15)

15-cent "Uncle Sam" Embossed Envelope

Issue Date:  June 3, 1978

First Day City:  Williamsburg, Pennsylvania

(78-16)

15-cent Oliver Wendell Holmes (Prominent American Series)

Issue Date:  June 14, 1978

First Day City:  Boston, Massachusetts

(78-17)

Viking Missions Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  July 20, 1978

First Day City:  Hampton, Virginia

(78-24)

Revalued 16-cent USA Embossed Stamped Envelope

Issue Date:  July 28, 1978

First Day City:  Williamsburg, Pennsylvania

(78-25)

14-cent Eagle International Surface Postal Card

Issue Date:  August 4, 1978

First Day City:  Seattle, Washington

(78-26)

28-cent Remote Outpost Regular Stamp

Issue Date:  August 11, 1978

First Day City:  Tacoma, Washington

(78-27)

Owl Commemorative Stamps

Issue Date:  August 26, 1978

First Day City:  Fairbanks, Alaska

(78-28)

15-cent Auto Racing Embossed Envelope

Issue Date:  September 2, 1978

First Day City:  Ontario, California

(78-29)

10-cent Molly Pitcher Commemorative Postal Card

Issue Date:  September 8, 1978

First Day City:  Freehold, New Jersey

(78-30)

31-cent International Airmail Stamps

Issue Date:  September 23, 1978

First Day City:  Dayton, Ohio

(78-31)

21-cent Airmail Postal Card

Issue Date:  September 16, 1978

First Day City:  San Diego, CA

(78-32)

15-cent American Trees Commemorative Stamps

Issue Date:  October 9, 1978

First Day City:  Hot Springs, Arkansas

(78-33)

15-cent Veterinary Envelope

Issue Date:  July 24, 1979

First Day City:  Seattle Washington

(79-14)

Special Olympics Commemorative Stamp

Issue Date:  August 9, 1979

First Day City:  Brockport, New York

(79-15)

County Schoolhouse Regular Stamp

Issue Date:  August 27, 1979

First Day City:  Devils Lake, North Dakota

(79-17)

John Paul Jones Commemorative Stamp

September 23, 1979

First Day City:  Annapolis, Maryland

(79-18)

50-cent American Series Regular Stamp

Issue Date:  September 11, 1979

First Day City:  San Juan, Puerto Rico

(79-19)

10-cent Decathlon Olympic Commemorative

Issue Date:  September 5, 1979

First Day City:  Olympia, Washington

(79-20)