Stamp Details

General Info

Description

Sailing Ships: The Ark (1630) and The Dove

Series

Maryland Tercentenary Issue
See List

3¢ Sailing Ships: The Ark (1630) and The Dove

Face Value

3¢

Date Issued

23-Mar-1934

Location

Unknown

Run Qty

Unknown

Separation

Perforations

Perferations

11 x 11

Print Method

Engraving

Printing Process

Flat Plate

Color(s)

Carmine Rose

Watermark

None - No watermark

Notes

This stamp commemorates the 300th anniversary of the establishment of Maryland as a colony by Cecil Calvert, Lord Baltimore. The Ark and the Dove were the two ships that brought the colonists.

People

Meissner, Alvin R - Designer
Hall, Edward M - Engraver (lettering)
Benzing, Joachim C - Engraver (vignette)

See also

1847us.com Arago colnect.com Jim's Stamp Album Maryland Official Site Stamp Data

Key Word(s)

Ark Dove Maryland Colony 300 Tercentenary Colonists Cecil Calvert Cecil Calvert Lord Baltimore Lord Baltimore Ships Sails Sea 1634 1934

In Collection

Acquired	No	Stamp Qty
4/13/2026		1
Stamp Qty 1 Mount EH Acquired 4/13/2026 - Unused; Unhinged Gum Cond Mint never hinged Centering Very fine Location American Heirloom Volume 1

Values

Used

$0.25

Mint

$0.30

PB or LP

$6.25

Count

FDC

$1.60

Values as of

2015

1934 in History

Letter Rate

3¢

Package Rate

3¢

Postcard Rate

1¢

Effective

7/6/1932

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American President
Franklin D Roosevelt (3/4/1933-4/12/1945)

British Prime Minister
Ramsay MacDonald (6/5/1929-6/7/1935)

German President
Paul von Hindenburg (5/12/1925-8/2/1934)

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