1995 32c United States Naval Academy
# 3001 FDC - 1995 32c United States Naval Academy
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US #3001
1995 Naval Academy Sesquicentennial
- First Day Cover
- Honors 150th anniversary of the US Naval Academy
Category of Stamp: Commemorative
Value: 32¢, First-class mail rate
First Day of Issue: October 10, 1995
First Day City: Annapolis, Maryland
Printed by: Sterling Sommer for Aston-Potter (USA) ltd.
Printing Method: Lithographed
Format: Panes of 20 (4 across, 5 down)
Perforations: 10.9
Reason the stamp was issued: This stamp was issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
About the stamp design: Illustrator Dean Ellis was commissioned to create the image for this stamp. He drew up a number of sketches incorporating symbols of the academy. Most of the designs were rejected. The one the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee approved of showed one of the academy’s racing sloop, Swift. Ellis had found the original photo he used for his design on the cover of the 1993-94 catalog. The stamp image is very similar to the original photo, but the dome of the academy’s chapel was added in the background to tie the ship to the school.
Special design details: The word “ANNAPOLIS” is microprinted on a wave in the lower left corner of the stamp.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony for the stamp was held on the campus of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
History the stamp represents: The US Naval Academy was founded as the Naval School in October 1845 by George Bancroft, the Secretary of the Navy at the time. The grounds in Annapolis, Maryland, was the site of a US Army post, Fort Severn, that was no longer in use. The first year, there were 50 midshipmen enrolled. They studied for five years, with three of those spent at sea. When the school was reorganized in 1850, it adopted its present name.
During the Civil War, the academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island. The upper classmen were sent to sea in defense of the Union. Many leaders of the academy joined the Confederate cause. The midshipmen and faculty returned to Maryland when the war ended in 1865.
In the following years, the US Naval Academy increased in the size of its campus and the courses it offers. It educates approximately 4,000 midshipmen, who must perform active duty after graduation.
US #3001
1995 Naval Academy Sesquicentennial
- First Day Cover
- Honors 150th anniversary of the US Naval Academy
Category of Stamp: Commemorative
Value: 32¢, First-class mail rate
First Day of Issue: October 10, 1995
First Day City: Annapolis, Maryland
Printed by: Sterling Sommer for Aston-Potter (USA) ltd.
Printing Method: Lithographed
Format: Panes of 20 (4 across, 5 down)
Perforations: 10.9
Reason the stamp was issued: This stamp was issued to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the opening of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
About the stamp design: Illustrator Dean Ellis was commissioned to create the image for this stamp. He drew up a number of sketches incorporating symbols of the academy. Most of the designs were rejected. The one the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee approved of showed one of the academy’s racing sloop, Swift. Ellis had found the original photo he used for his design on the cover of the 1993-94 catalog. The stamp image is very similar to the original photo, but the dome of the academy’s chapel was added in the background to tie the ship to the school.
Special design details: The word “ANNAPOLIS” is microprinted on a wave in the lower left corner of the stamp.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony for the stamp was held on the campus of the US Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland.
History the stamp represents: The US Naval Academy was founded as the Naval School in October 1845 by George Bancroft, the Secretary of the Navy at the time. The grounds in Annapolis, Maryland, was the site of a US Army post, Fort Severn, that was no longer in use. The first year, there were 50 midshipmen enrolled. They studied for five years, with three of those spent at sea. When the school was reorganized in 1850, it adopted its present name.
During the Civil War, the academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island. The upper classmen were sent to sea in defense of the Union. Many leaders of the academy joined the Confederate cause. The midshipmen and faculty returned to Maryland when the war ended in 1865.
In the following years, the US Naval Academy increased in the size of its campus and the courses it offers. It educates approximately 4,000 midshipmen, who must perform active duty after graduation.