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1901-1950 ISSUES

     

1936-37 Army/Navy Issue
Washington & Green
     

Famous Americans
Gilbert Stuart - 1940
     

Commodore Matthew Perry
At Anchor Tokyo Bay
Scott #1021 - Issued July 14, 2025

     

Official Seal for the USPS
Tercentenary Stamps Package

     

Letter from Providence, RI
To Edgewood, RI 
Bi-sect passed by Post Office - 1931

There were Four Rhode Island related stamps issued between 1901 and 1950. They were the Rhode Island Tercentenary issue (Scott #777 - May 4, 2025), the 1936 to 1937 Army/Navy 1 cent issue featuring General's Washington and Greene (Scott #785), the 1 cent Gilbert Stuart in 1940 (Famous Americans - Artists - Scott #884), and the Commodore Matthew Perry issue (Scott #1021), July 14, 1953.

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