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1963-1967 Five Cent Commemorative issues

1963 issues

Scott 1208, 5¢ Flag over White House, untagged, plate number 27392

Scott 1208 var, 5¢ Flag, Bureau precancel, plate number 27965

Scott 1208 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 27411

Scott 1208 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 27558 (Image courtesy of Hipstamp / northstamp)

Scott 1208 var, misprinted due to paper fold, plate number 27558

Scott 1208 var, misperfed horizontally due to paper fold, plate number 28433

Scott 1208 var, offset on back, plate number 27568

Scott 1208a, 5¢ Flag over White House, tagged, plate number 28921

Scott 1208a var, tagged, misperfed vertically, plate number 28921 (Image courtesy of Hipstamp / northstamp)

Scott 1208P var, proof plate number 27398 printed entirely in dark blue. The final stamp included red for the stripes. (Image courtesy of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum)

Scott 1180, 5¢ Civil War Battle of Gettysburg, plate numbers 27477, 27508, 27510, 27513, 27519, 27520

Scott 1180 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 27510

Scott 1180P var, proof plate number 27520 printed entirely in blue and proof plate number 27508 printed entirely in gray. The final stamp was printed by combining the blue and gray colors. (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1181, 5¢ Civil War Battle of the Wilderness, plate number 27763

Scott 1181P var, proof plate number 27764 printed entirely in black. The final multicolor stamp included the dark red lettering and denomination. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1230, 5¢ Carolina Charter, plate number 27432

Scott 1230P var, proof plate number 27431 printed entirely in dark red. The final multicolor stamp included brown for the charter border and text. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1231, 5¢ Food For Peace, plate number 27492

Scott 1231P var, proof plate number 27482 printed entirely in green. The final stamp included red for the inscription and yellow for the wheat. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1232, 5¢ West Virginia Statehood, plate number 27512

Scott 1232P var, proof plate number 27514 printed entirely in dark green. The final stamp color was corrected to green, and included red for the map outline as well as black. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1233, 5¢ Emancipation Proclamation, black plate number 27458; blue plate number 27461

Scott 1233P var, dark blue proof plate number 27453, black plate number 27462. There was no separate proof sheet for the red text as it was included in the dark blue proof sheet. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1234, 5¢ Alliance for Progress, plate number 27574

Scott 1234P var, proof plate number 27576 printed entirely in dark blue. The final multicolor stamp included green for the flames. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1235, 5¢ Cordell Hull, plate number 27613

Scott 1235P, proof plate number 27614, with reverse R (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1236, 5¢ Eleanor Roosevelt, plate number 27607

Scott 1236P, proof plate number 27606 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1237, 5¢ Science, plate number 27639

Scott 1237 var, misperfed vertically, plate numbers 27624 and 27639 (Images courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)

Scott 1237 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 27626 (Image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)

Scott 1237 var, misperfed vertically and horizontally, plate number 27639 (Image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)

Scott 1237P var, proof plate number 27623 printed entirely in black. The final multicolor stamp included the Prussian blue background. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1238, 5¢ City Mail Delivery, tagged, plate number 27612

Scott 1238 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 27612

Scott 1238 var, misperfed horizontally ("blue omitted error"), plate number 27596

Scott 1238P var, proof plate number 27623 printed entirely in gray. The final multicolor stamp included the red and blue text. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1239, 5¢ Red Cross, plate number 27642

Scott 1239P var, proof plate number 27654 printed entirely in black. The final multicolor stamp included the red cross. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1239 var, local precancel, plate number 27656

Scott 1240, 5¢ Christmas Tree, Christmas 1963, untagged, plate number 27587

Scott 1240P var, proof plate number 27575 printed entirely in dark blue. The final multicolor stamp included the red lettering and bluish black tree. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1240a, 5¢ Christmas Tree, tagged, plate number 27560. The tagging can be seen in the right hand selvage.

1964 issues

Scott 1241, 5¢ John Jay Audubon, plate number 27594

Scott 1241 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 27603 (Image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)

Scott 1241P var, proof plate number 27586 printed entirely in dark blue. The final multicolor stamp included yellow, green and black. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1242, 5¢ Sam Houston, plate number 27661

Scott 1242P, proof plate number 27661, with reverse R (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1243, 5¢ Charles M. Russell, plate number 27751

Scott 1243 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 27741

Scott 1243 var, misperfed horizontally and vertically, plate number 27750

Scott 1243P var, proof plate number 27740 printed entirely in blue. The final multicolor stamp was printed in slate, brown and red brown. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1244, 5¢ New York 1964 World's Fair, plate number 27743

Scott 1244P, proof plate number 27743 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1245, 5¢ John Muir, plate number 27692

Scott 1245P, proof plate number 27743 printed entirely in brown. The final multicolor stamp added green. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1246, 5¢ John F. Kennedy, plate number 27809

Scott 1246P, proof plate number 27805 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1246 var, misperfed due to foldover, plate number 27809

Scott 1247, 5¢ New Jersey settlement, plate number 27787

Scott 1247P, proof plate number 27788, with reverse R (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1248, 5¢ Nevada statehood, plate number 27797

Scott 1248P, proof plate number 27785 printed entirely in blue. The final multicolor stamp added several more colors. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1249, 5¢ Register and Vote, plate number 27847

Scott 1249 var, probably fake local precancel, plate number 28562

Clues:
- Local precancels were generally only authorized for definitive size stamps
- The stamp was issued in 1964 when the abbreviation for California was "Cal." or "Calif." -- the 2-character CA was not used until ZIP codes were introduced later in the 1960's
- Oak View only has about 4,000 people today. Census records for the 1960's could not be located. There are no major industries or other legitimate need for precancels
- The quality appears to be more typical of a rubber handstamp applied manually to a single stamp, rather than of an overprint-type mat with high quality ink applied in a grid to a block of stamps by a professional printer
- No example is known on cover. The precancellations appear to have been applied long after any possible contemporary usage
- The stamp was offered along with a number of other identical suspicious local precancels on stamps spanning a quarter century

Scott 1249 var, misperfed due to paper fold, plate number 27840

Scott 1249P var, proof plate number 27831 printed entirely in dark blue. The final multicolor stamp added red stripes. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1250, 5¢ William Shakespeare, plate number 27845

Scott 1250P, proof plate number 27842, with reverse R (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1251, 5¢ Mayo Brothers, plate number 27871

Scott 1252, 5¢ American Music, plate number 27854

Scott 1252 var, misperfed horizontally, captured plate number 27848

Scott 1252 var, blue ink starved error, plate number 27853 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Scott 1252a, 5¢ blue omitted error, plate number 27854

Scott 1252P var, proof plate number 27846 printed entirely in gray, on white paper. The final multicolor stamp added blue and red text, and was printed on gray paper. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1253, 5¢ American Homemakers, plate number 27917

Scott 1253 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 27922 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1254 Holly; Scott 1255 Mistletoe; Scott 1256 Poinsettia; Scott 1257 Pine Cone,
from untagged 5¢ Christmas 1964 block of 4 (Scott 1257b)

Scott 1254a Holly; Scott 1255a Mistletoe; Scott 1256a Poinsettia; Scott 1257a Pine Cone,
from tagged 5¢ Christmas 1964 block of 4 (Scott 1257c)

1965 issues

Scott 1182, 5¢ Civil War, Appomattox, plate numbers 28064, 28067, 28068, 28073, 28074, 28075

Scott 1182P var, proof plate number 28064 printed entirely in black. When issued, the final multicolor stamp included the left shading in Prussian blue. (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1258, 5¢ Verrazano Narrows Bridge, plate number 27945

Scott 1258P, proof plate number 27945 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1259, 5¢ Fine Arts, black plate number 27937; blue plate number 27935

Scott 1259P var, black proof plate number 27936; blue proof plate number 27933, including the red color (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1260, 5¢ Amateur Radio, plate number 27901

Scott 1260P, proof plate number 27898 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1261, 5¢ Battle of New Orleans, plate number 27985

Scott 1261P var, proof printed entirely in red, plate number 27982 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1261 var, New Orleans, misperfed horizontally, plate number 27982

Scott 1262, 5¢ Sokols - Physical Fitness, plate number 28008

Scott 1262P var, proof plate number 27995 printed entirely in black (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1262 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 28008 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1263, 5¢ Cancer Research, purple plate number 28060; orange plate number 28054

Scott 1263P var, proofs, plate number 28038 printed entirely in black, orange plate number 28036 (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1263 var, misperfed horizontally, purple plate number 28038, partial orange plate number 2(8037)

Scott 1264, 5¢ Winston Churchill, plate number 28107

Scott 1264P, proof plate number 28104 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Churchill was the first person awarded honorary U.S. citizenship (in 1963) and one of only two people to receive this honor while they were living. The others were Raoul Wallenberg (1981), William Penn and his wife Hannah (1984), Mother Theresa (1996, awarded while she was still alive), Lafayette (2002), Casimir Pulaski (2009), and Bernardo de Gálvez (2014).

Scott 1265, 5¢ Magna Carta, black plate number 28089; lilac plate number 28083

Scott 1265P, proofs, black plate number 28088; purple plate number 28082 printed entirely in purple. including brown yellow (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1265 var, Magna Carta, black shifted up, plate number 28089

Scott 1265 var, Magna Carta, black shifted right, plate number 28092

Scott 1265 var, Magna Carta, black shifted down, plate number 28092

Scott 1265 var, 5¢ Magna Carta, "albino" black plate number (impression but no ink), lilac plate number 28082

It is not considered a "black omitted" error because nothing is omitted from the stamp itself. (Image courtesy of The Philatelic Foundation)

Scott 1266, 5¢ UN International Cooperation Year, plate number 28127

Scott 1266P, proof plate number 28124 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1266 var, most of black ink missing, plate number 28124

Scott 1266 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 28130 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Scott 1266 var, misperfed due to paper fold, plate number 28130 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1267, 5¢ Salvation Army, plate number 28118

Scott 1267P var, proof printed entirely in dark blue, plate number 28118 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1268, 5¢ Dante, plate number 28111

Scott 1268P, proof plate number 28108 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1269, 5¢ Herbert Hoover, plate number 28162

Scott 1269P, proof plate number 28161 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1270, 5¢ Robert Fulton, plate number 28160

Scott 1270P var, proof printed entirely in black, plate number 28145 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1271, 5¢ Florida Settlement, plate numbers 28155 (red) and 28179 (black); gold plate number 28152

Scott 1271P, proofs, red plate number 28155; black plate number 28179; yellow plate number 28150 (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1271 var, black shifted right, plate numbers 28155 (red) and 28179 (black)

Scott 1271 var, yellow shifted left, plate numbers 28159 (red) and 28179 (black)

Scott 1271 var, yellow shifted right, black shifted up and left, plate numbers 28169 (red) and 28184 (black) (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1271a, yellow omitted error, plate numbers 28169 (red) and 28184 (black)

Scott 1272, 5¢ Traffic Safety, black plate number 28201; green plate number 28194

Scott 1272P, proofs, black plate number 28189; green (and red) plate number 28187 (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1272 var, black shifted up, plate number 28195

Scott 1272 var, black shifted left, plate number 28192

Scott 1273, 5¢ John Singleton Copley, plate number 28213

Scott 1273P var, experimental proof printed entirely in black, plate number 168762 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1274, 11¢ International Telecommunication Union, black plate number 28139; gold plate number 28144

Scott 1274P, proofs, black (with red) plate number 28139; brown yellow plate number 28143 (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1275, 5¢ Adlai E. Stevenson, plate number 28239

Scott 1275P var, proof printed entirely in black, plate number 28232 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1275 var, local precancel, plate number 28232

Scott 1275 var, 5¢ Stevenson, reverse prinitng under gum, plate number 28258 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1276, 5¢ Christmas 1965, Angel, untagged, plate number 28235

Scott 1276 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 28241 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1276 var, misperfed due to paper fold, plate number 28231 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1276a, 5¢ Angel, tagged, plate number 28235

1966 issues

Scott 1306, 5¢ Migratory Bird Treaty, black plate number 28401; blue plate number 28396

Scott 1306P var proofs, black plate number 28395; red (including blue) plate number 28394 (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1306 var, red and blue shifted right, plate numbers 28401

Scott 1307, 5¢ Humane Treatment, plate number 28419

Scott 1307P var, proof plate number 28413 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1307 var, black shifted right, most visible in tongue and eye, plate number 28466

Scott 1307 var, black shifted down, "red lips" variety, plate number 28425

Scott 1307 var, black shifted up, most noticeable by the tongue, plate number 28425

Scott 1308, 5¢ Indiana Statehood, blue plate number 28334; yellow plate number 28327

Scott 1308P var proofs, blue plate number 28365; yellow plate number 28326 (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1309, 5¢ Circus, blue plate number 28467; red plate number 28458

Scott 1309P var proofs, black (including dark blue) plate number 28460; red plate number 28450 (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1310, 5¢ SIPEX, plate number 28479

Scott 1310P var, proof printed entirely in black, plate number 28468 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1311, 5¢ SIPEX souvenir sheet, miscut. Due to the paper fold, plate number 28501 was not trimmed off in the finishing process.

Scott 1311P var proof, printed entirely in light green, plate number 28493 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1312, 5¢ Bill of Rights, blue plate number 28580; red plate number 28579

Scott 1312P var, dark blue proof, plate number 28580 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1312 var, misperfed horizontally, blue plate number 28593, red plate number (285)81 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Scott 1313, 5¢ Poland, plate number 28625

Scott 1313P, proof plate number 28625 with reverse R (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1314, 5¢ National Parks centennial, untagged, plate number 28670

Scott 1314P var, proof printed entirely in black, plate number 28632 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1314 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 28637 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Scott 1314a, 5¢ National Parks centennial, tagged, plate number 28642

Scott 1315, 5¢ Marine Corps Reserve, untagged, plate number 28639

Scott 1315a, 5¢ Marine Corps Reserve, tagged, plate number 28647

Scott 1316, 5¢ Women's Clubs, untagged, black plate number 28712; red violet plate number 28713

Scott 1316 var, misperfed horizontally, captured black plate number 28714 (Image courtesy of eBay / pnc10)

Scott 1316 var, red violet shifted right, plate number 28707 (Image courtesy of eBay / Mike's Stamps)

Scott 1316a, 5¢ Women's Clubs, tagged, plate number 28714

Scott 1317, 5¢ Johnny Appleseed, untagged, apple green plate number 28719; apple red plate number 28683

Scott 1317 var, local precancel, green plate number 28718

Scott 1317a, 5¢ Johnny Appleseed, tagged, green plate number 28686

Scott 1318, 5¢ Beautification, untagged, black plate number 28780; green plate number 28729

Scott 1318P var, proof, black plate number 28733 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1318 var, engraved black shifted up, black plate number 28779 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1318a, 5¢ Beautification, tagged, plate number 28733

Scott 1319, 5¢ Great River Road, untagged, plate number 28829

Scott 1319P var, proof, blue plate number 28813 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1319 var, 5¢ Great River Road, fake local precancel, plate number 28816

Clues:
- Local precancels were generally only authorized for definitive size stamps
- Hillsboro only had 218 residents in the 1960 census. The town had no major industries or other legitimate need for precancels
- The quality appears to be more typical of a rubber handstamp applied manually to a single stamp, rather than of an overprint-type mat with high quality ink applied in a grid to a block of stamps by a professional printer
- No example is known on cover. The precancellations appear to have been applied long after any possible contemporary usage
- The stamp was offered along with a number of other identical suspicious local precancels on stamps spanning a quarter century

Scott 1319a, 5¢ Great River Road, tagged, plate number 28828

Scott 1320, 5¢ Servicemen and Savings Bonds, untagged, plate number 28759

Scott 1320P var, proof printed entirely in red, plate plate number 28741 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1320a, 5¢ Servicemen and Savings Bonds, tagged, plate number 28741

Scott 1320c, 5¢ error, dark blue omitted, most of red (including plate number) and black missing

Scott 1321, 5¢ Christmas 1966 - small Madonna by Memling, untagged, plate number 28808

Scott 1321P var, proof printed entirely in black, plate plate number 28739 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1321 var, local precancel, plate number 28768

Scott 1321 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 28762

Scott 1321 var, yellow shifted up and left, plate number 28753 (Image courtesy of eBay / momen)

Scott 1321a, 5¢ Memling Small Madonna, tagged, plate number 28883

1967 issues

Scott 1322, 5¢ Mary Cassatt, untagged, blue plate number 28802; olive plate number 28785

Scott 1322P var, dark color proof printed entirely in dark blue, plate number 28793; light color proof printed entirely in red brown, plate plate number 28776 (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1322a, 5¢ Mary Cassatt, tagged, plate number 28807

Scott estimates that about 12% of the production of #1314 through #1322 was tagged. The stamps were delivered to a test area that included Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky.

From this point forward, tagging is assumed for the normal stamp, and untagged varieties are considered errors, unless otherwise indicated.

Scott 1323, 5¢ National Grange, brown plate number 28956; orange plate number 28955

Scott 1323P var, proofs, black plate number 28954; orange plate number 28951 (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1323 var, misperfed horizontally, plate number 28954 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1324, 5¢ Canada, tagged, black plate number 29146; green plate number 29121

Scott 1324P var, proofs, blue (including black) plate number 29090; green (including light blue) plate number 28979 (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1324P var, experimental proofs, black plate number 57042; blue plate number 57035 (Images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1324 var, dark blue shifted to right, black plate number 29075; green plate number 28988
(Images courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)

Scott 1324a, tagging omitted error, plate number 29091

Scott 1325, 5¢ Erie Canal, tagged, plate number 28998

Scott 1325P var, proof of dark blue, plate number 28990 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1325a, tagging omitted error, plate number 28999

Scott 1326, 5¢ Search for Peace, plate number 29229

Scott 1326P var, proof printed entirely in gray, plate number 29227 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1326 var, misperfed vertically, plate number 29243 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Scott 1327, 5¢ Henry David Thoreau, plate number 29136

Scott 1327P var, proof printed entirely in black, plate number 29106 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1328, 5¢ Nebraska Statehood, plate number 29223

Scott 1328P var, proof printed entirely in brown, plate number 29198 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1328 var, yellow (corn, husk) shifted up, plate number 29210 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Scott 1329, 5¢ Voice of America, plate number 29052. The difference between tagging and the untagged portion can be seen in the right selvage.

Scott 1329P var, proof of black elements, plate number 29038 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1330, 5¢ Davy Crockett, plate number 29222

Scott 1330P var, proof printed entirely in black, plate number 29222 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Space Walk, tagged (Scott 1331) and Capsule, tagged (Scott 1332)
from 5¢ Space Achievements, tagged (Scott 1331b)

Scott 1331P var and 1332P var, proofs of dark blue only, plate number 29307 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1331P var, proof of light blue only, plate number 57157 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1331P var, proof of red only, plate number 57158 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Space Walk, tagging omitted (Scott 1331a); and Capsule, tagging omitted (Scott 1332a)
from 5¢ Space Aschievements, tagging omitted error (Scott 1332c), plate number 29322

Scott 1331 var, red (flag) shifted down, plate number 29322 (Image courtesy of Stuart Katz)

Scott 1332 var, local precancel, plate number 29322

Scott 1333, 5¢ Urban Planning, plate number 29349

Scott 1333P var, proof of light blue only, plate number 57174 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1334, 5¢ Finland Independence, plate number 29305

Scott 1334P, proof plate number 29305 (Image courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1334 var, local precancel, plate number 29305

Scott 1334 var, misperfed vertically, captured plate number 29311 (Image courtesy of William L. Langs)

Scott 1335, 5¢ Thomas Eakins, plate numbers 29275 (yellow) / 29277 (blue) / 29333 (gold); and 29276 (red) / 29280 (black)

Scott 1335 var, misperfed horizontally, plate numbers 29275 (yellow) / 29277 (blue) / 29333 (gold) (Image courtesy of eBay / sheetguy2)

Scott 1335 var, 5¢ Thomas Eakins, dark red under-inked, plate numbers 29275-77-333 and 29276-80

Scott 1335 var fake, gold chemically altered to green, including the gold plate number 29333

Scott 1336, 5¢ Christmas 1966, large Madonna by Memling, plate number 29174

Scott 1336P var, proofs of black image, plate number 57040, and of gold background, plate number 57046

(Proof images courtesy of the National Postal Museum)

Scott 1336 var, local precancel, plate number 29419

Scott 1337, 5¢ Mississippi Statehood, green plate number 29424; sky blue plate number 29384

Scott 1337 var, miscut due to foldover, plate number 29388 (Image courtesy of Bill Langs)

Proof examples with reverse R

The reverse R appears on a number of single color rotary press proof sheets. It is known inverted, as well as sideways with the straight side down (rotated 90º).

Scott 1235P 5¢ Cordell Hull

Scott 1236P 5¢ Eleanor Roosevelt