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1979 Americana Series

Sheet and booklet stamps

Scott 1581, 1¢, plate number 38251

Scott 1581 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 38258

Scott 1581 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 39682

Scott 1581a, 1¢ untagged Bureau precancel, plate number 38251

The Americana Series "includes the last Bureau precancels issued with town and state post office names, and the first ones issued with plain two-bar and service-inscribed overprints." --Ken Lawrence, Scott Stamp Monthly, August 2023

Scott 1581 var, 1¢ local precancel, plate number 38256

Scott 1582, 2¢, plate number 38602

Scott 1582 var, 2¢, local precancel, plate number 38601

Scott 1582 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 39774 (Image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)

Scott 1582 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 39774 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Scott 1582 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 38603

Scott 1582 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 39774 (Inage courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1582a, 2¢, untagged Bureau precancel, plate number 38281

Scott 1582b, 2¢, cream paper, plate number 39818

Scott 1582b var, 2¢, cream paper, misperfed vertically, plate number 39773

Scott 1584, 3¢, plate number 39603

Scott 1584a, 3¢ untagged Bureau precancel, plate number 38279

Scott 1584 var, 3¢ local precancel, plate number 39602

Scott 1585, 4¢, plate number 38284

Scott 1585 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 38284

Scott 1585a, 4¢ untagged Bureau precancel, plate number 38284

Scott 1585 var, 4¢ local precancel, plate number 38284

Scott 1591, 9¢, plate number 38895

Scott 1591 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 36923 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1591 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 36939

Scott 1591 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 36923

Scott 1591 var, underinked, plate number 36939

Scott 1591a, 9¢ untagged Bureau precancel, plate number 38348

Scott 1591a, 9¢ untagged silent precancel, plate number 38348

Scott 1591 var, 9¢ local precancel, plate number 36941

Scott 1592, 10¢, plate number 37245

Scott 1592 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 39460

Scott 1592 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 37246 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1592a, 10¢ untagged Bureau precancel, plate number 37246

Scott 1592 var, 10¢ local precancel, plate number 37641

Scott 1593, 11¢, plate number 36936

Scott 1593 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 36915

Scott 1593 var, 11¢ local precancel, plate number 36943

Scott 1594, 12¢, plate number 37843

Scott 1594 var, 12¢ local precancel, plate number 37843

Scott 1594 var, 12¢, misperfed horizontally, plate number 37930 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1595, 13¢ Liberty Bell, single from miscut booklet pane of 5 (Scott 1595d), plate number 37345

Scott 1596, 13¢ Eagle, bulls-eye perf (not through selvedge), plate number 36309

Scott 1596 var, 13¢ Eagle, misperfed vertically, plate number 37231

Scott 1596 var, 13¢ Eagle, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 37460 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1596 var, 13¢ Eagle, light brown shifted up, plate number 36319

Scott 1596 var, 13¢ Eagle, "blue ghost" variety, plate number 37461

Scott 1596 var, 13¢ Eagle, blue ink smear, plate number 37461 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1596 var, 13¢ Eagle, Bureau precancel, plate number 36315

Scott 1596 var, 13¢ Eagle, local precancel, plate number 38274

Scott 1596D, 13¢ Eagle, L perf through selvedge, plate number 37232

Scott 1596a, 13¢ Eagle, imperforate error, plate number 37347

Scott 1596b, 13¢ Eagle, yellow omitted error, plate number 38197

Scott 1597, 15¢ sheet stamp, plate number 38650

Scott 1597 var, dark blue (flag) underinked, plate number 38650

Scott 1597b, 15¢ gray omitted error, plate number 39380

Scott 1597e, 15¢ imperforate error, plate number 38650

Scott 1599, 16¢, plate number 38482

Scott 1599 var, 16¢, local precancel, plate number 38468

Scott 1603, 24¢, plate number 36767

Scott 1603 var, 24¢ precancel, plate number 36760

Scott 1603 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 36933

Scott 1603 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 36767 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Scott 1603 var, repaired with splice, misperfed horizontally and vertically, plate number 36766 (Image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)

Scott 1604, 28¢, plate number 38772

This was the first regular 28¢ stamp issued by the U.S., other than revenue stamps.

Scott 1604, 28¢ local precancel, plate number 38772

Scott 1605, 29¢, plate number 38486

This was the first regular 29¢ stamp issued by the U.S., other than revenue stamps.

Scott 1606, 30¢, plate number 39195

Scott 1606 var, 30¢ local precancel, plate number 39194

Scott 1606a, 30¢, untagged error, silent precancel, plate number 39131

Scott 1606 var, 30¢, misperfed horizontally and miscut, pair with plate numbers 39133 and 39144

Scott 1608, 50¢, plate number 39588

Scott 1608 var, misperfed horizontally, plate numbers 39159, 39589 and 395xx

Scott 1608 var, orange and tan shifted down, plate number 39149

Scott 1608 var, black shifed down, plate number 39149 (image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1608 var, orange and tan shifted down, misperfed horizontally, plate number 39149 (Image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)

Scott 1608 var, 50¢ silent Bureau precancel, plate number 39149

Scott 1608c, 50¢, tagging omitted error, plate number 39588

Scott 1610, $1, plate number 39088

Scott 1610 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 40970

Scott 1610 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 40970 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Scott 1610 var, $1 brown shifted down, plate number 39087

Scott 1610 var, brown shifted down, plate numbers 40709, 39076 and 40971

Scott 1610 var, brown underinked, plate number 40311

Scott 1610d, $1 silent Bureau precancel, plate number 40310

Scott 1610 var, $1 local precancel, plate number 39086

Scott 1610b, $1 tan, orange and yellow omitted error, plate number 40710

Scott 1611, $2, plate number 38905

Scott 1611 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 38900 and captured plate number 38900
(Images courtesy of Stuart Katz and eBay / sheetguy2)

Scott 1611 var, orange and white shifted right and down, plate number 38906 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1611 var, $2 local precancel, plate number 38906

Scott 1612, $5, plate number 39174

Scott 1612 var, $5 misperfed horizontally, plate number 39164

Scott 1612 var, $5 local precancel, plate number 39174

Coil stamps

Scott 1811, 1¢ coil, plate number 38851

Plates 38386 and 38387 were assigned for preparation of planned 3¢ Ballot coil, but none were printed.

Scott 1813b, 3.5¢ coil, imperforate error, plate numbers 39360 / 39361

Scott 1614, 7.7¢ coil, plate numbers 37671 / 37670

Scott 1614a, 7.7¢ coil, Bureau precancel, plate number 37672

Scott 1615a, 7.9¢ coil, Bureau precancel, plate number 37279

Scott 1615b, 7.9¢ coil, imperforate error, plate number 37278 (Image courtesy of Kelleher Auctions)

Scott 1615Cd, 8.4¢ coil, Bureau precancel, plate number 38725

Scott 1616, 9¢ coil, plate numbers 37158 / 37159

Scott 1616a, 9¢ coil, imperforate error, plate numbers 37168 / 37167

Scott 1816, 10¢ coil, plate number 38249

Scott 1618, 13¢ coil, partial plate number, possibly 38231

Scott 1618a, 13¢ service-inscribed Bureau precancel, partial plate number, possibly 38228