Front:
US--77
HONORING THOSE WHO
LIO
HELPED FIGHT
38
WAS
D.C.
19574
9-AM
JAN 15
ΝΟΙ
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
HONORING THOSE
FIGHT
HELPED
31
WHO
POLIO
3¢
UNITED STATES POSTAGE
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 issued to honor those who
helped fight polio receives First Day of Issue
release on January 15, 1957 at Washington,
D. C₂
by
The Polio stamp is 0.84 by 1.44 inches in
dimension, arranged vertically, printed
rotary process, electric-eye perforated, and
issued in sheets of 50. Color is purple.
Even if bearing a stamp on other side, this
card MUST NOT be mailed unless bearing
two cents postage on this side.
FINEST IN PHILATELY
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