Front:
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
18.07
1957
SEATTLE
FEB.
11
9:00 AM
1957
WASH.
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY
1807
1957
US--78
Back:
Reverse side of this card is a Maximum. This
VELVETONE Maximum
is made from a photograph of a working
model of the stamp, but has been enlarged to
Post Card size.
The 3c stamp to commemorate the 150th
anniversary of the establishment of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey receives First Day Issue
release at Seattle, Washington, February 11,
1957.
arranged horizontally, printed by rotary
process, electric-eye perforated and issued in
sheets of 50. Color is blue.
Even if bearing a stamp on other side, this
card MUST NOT be mailed unless bearing
two cents postage on this side.
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