HOME View Cart On-Line Catalog Stamp Shows 1940 Scott 859-902 1941 Scott 903 1942 Scott 904-906 1943 Scott 907-921 1944 Scott 922-926 1945 Scott 927-938 1946 Scott 939-944 1947 Scott 945-952 1948 Scott 953-980 1949 Scott 981-986   2020s 2000s 2010s 1980s 1990s 1960s 1970s 1940s 1950s 1920s 1930s 1910s   Back-of-Book   Plate Blocks   Plate Number Coils   United States Issues - 1940 Scott   Description Famous American Issue 859   1c Washington Irving (1783-1859) - Author 860   2c James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) - Author 861   3c Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) - Author 862   5c Louisa May Alcott (1832-1888) - Author 863   10c Samuel Langhorne Clemens [Mark Twain] (1835-1910) - Author   864   1c Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882) - Poet 865   2c John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892) - Poet 866   3c James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) - Poet 867   5c Walt Whitman (1819-1892) - Poet 868   10c James Whitcomb Riley (1849-1916) - Poet   869   1c Horace Mann (1796-1859) - Educator 870   2c Mark Hopkins (1813-1878) - Educator 871   3c Charles Eliot (1834-1926) - Educator 872   5c Frances Elizabeth Caroline Willard (1839-1898) - Educator 873   10c Booker Taliaferro Washington (1856-1915) - Educator   874   1c John James Audubon [Jean Rabin] (1785-1851) - Scientist 875   2c Crawford Williamson Long MD (1815-1878) - Scientist 876   3c Luther Burbank (1849-1926) - Scientist 877   5c Major Walter Reed MD (1851-1902) - Scientist 878   10c Jane Addams (1860-1935) - Scientist   879   1c Stephen Collins Foster (1826-1864) - Composer 880   2c John Philip Sousa (1854-1932) - Composer 881   3c Victor August Herbert (1859-1924) - Composer 882   5c Edward Alexander MacDowell (1860-1908) - Composer 883   10c Ethelbert Woodbridge Nevin (1862-1901) - Composer   884   1c Gilbert Charles Stuart (1755-1828) - Artist 885   2c James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) - Artist 886   3c Augustus Saint-Gaudens (1848-1907) - Artist 887   5c Daniel Chester French (1850-1931) - Artist 888   10c Frederic Sackrider Remington (1861-1909) - Artist   889   1c Eli Whitney (1765-1825) - Inventor 890   2c Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872) - Inventor 891   3c Cyrus Hall McCormick (1809-1884) - Inventor 892   5c Elias Howe Jr (1819-1867) - Inventor 893   10c Alexander Graham Bell (1847-1922) - Inventor   894   3c Pony Express (1860 April 03 - 80 Years) 895   3c Pan American Union (1890 April 14 - 50 Years) 896   3c Idaho Statehood (1890 July 03 - 43rd State - 50 Years) 897   3c Wyoming Statehood (1890 July 10 - 44th State - 50 Years) 898   3c Coronado Expedition (1540-1542 - 400 Years) National Defense Issue 899   1c Statue of Liberty 900   2c 90mm AA Gun 901   3c Torch of Enlightenment   902   3c Thirteenth Amendment - Abolished Slavery (1865 December 06 - 75 Years)         Last Update:  Friday, June 11, 2021 For Comments, Problems or Questions regarding this Web Site contact  report@lcpshome.org