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BLACK STAMPS AND COINS

Have you ever felt like your hobby was so much fun that you wanted to share it with everybody? You felt as though everyone in the world should be doing what you are doing. Well, this is the way I feel about stamp collecting. Black Stamps And Coins was created to help you start a life long hobby of collecting stamps, coins and first day covers, which I call miniature works of art.

The first stamp in this collection was issued in 1940 and honors Booker T. Washington. This stamp was one of thirty-five stamps in the "Famous American Issue". The second stamp in the collection was also issued in 1940. This three-cent stamp celebrates the 75th anniversary of the Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. During the next eight years the Postal Service issued no stamps depicting African Americans. On January 5, 1948, a magenta colored three-cent stamp of the great agricultural scientist George Washington Carver was issued.

After another eight year period of no African American related stamps, the Booker T. Washington Centennial stamp was issued. This stamped portrayed Washington's log cabin home. On December 15, 1956, a stamp honoring children was issued. One African American child was among the eleven children pictured on the stamp. In 1963, a very simple but powerful design appeared on a stamp. This stamp was called "Emancipation Proclamation". The design was a broken chain representing freedom from slavery. These early stamps depicted very powerful messages and represented some of the great African American leaders and artist during a very turbulent period in the history of the United States of America. Since 1940, over one hundred U. S. postage stamps honoring African Americans have been issued. Start your collection today!

Black Stamps And Coins also sells the Booker T. Washington half dollar and the Washington/Carver half dollar. In 1946, the U. S. Treasury issued a beautiful silver fifty-cent coin to honor the accomplishments of Booker T. Washington. A total of 200,113 sets of this coin were minted in 1946. In 1947, 100,017 sets were minted. A total of 8,005 sets were minted in 1948, and 6,004 in 1950. In 1951, 7,004 sets were minted. Each set contained three coins, one from each of the three U. S. mints.

In 1951, the Treasury issued the Booker T. Washington/George Washington Carver fifty-cent coin. This coin portrayed images of Washington and Carver. A total of 10,004 sets were minted in 1951. In 1952, 8,006 sets were minted and in 1953, 8,003 sets. The treasury minted 12,006 sets in 1954.

First Day Covers (FDCs) are also part of the inventory of Black Stamps and Coins. A FDC is an envelope which has a postage stamp glued to it. This stamp is cancelled with the postal service's "First Day of Issue" cancellation. This special cancellation is only available up to sixty days after the new stamp is issued. The FDCs I sell all have an artistic design or picture of the subject of the stamp printed or glued to the left side of the envelope. Most of the covers in my inventory have colorful artistic renderings of the famous African Americans who are the subject of the stamps.

These stamps, coins and first day covers are beautiful and unique collectors items. I hope you start or add to your collection here. I want you to be totally satisfied and I guarantee everything I sell!!

DEMARRE

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