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| Keywords: Farragut Porter 1937 Issue-3c.jpg David Farragut David Porter Issue of 1937 3c purple President Theodore Roosevelt originally for a series of U S Postage stamps commemorating<br/>the Army Navy and various war heros of the American Revolution the War of 1812 and the<br/>American Civil War His dream was never realized until 1937 when President Franklin D Roosevelt <br/>who was a serious stamp collector himself urged congress and the U S Post Office to issue the<br/>long overdue Army and Navy Issue of 1937; Ten stamps consisting of two sets of five one each for the<br/>Army and Navy with denominations of 1c 2c 3c 4c and 5c U S Government Post Office Department<br/>Image obtained from hi-res scan of U S Postage stamp from personal collection Bureau of Engraving and Printing; Imaging by Gwillhickers 1937 Stamps of the United States 1931-1940 History of the United States on stamps Ships on stamps Stamps of the American Civil War Purple stamps Commemorative stamps of the United States | ||||
