1933 3c Federal Building at Chicago

U.S. #729
1933 3¢ Century of Progress

Issue Date: May 25, 1933
First City: Chicago, IL
Quantity Issued:480,239,300

Century Of Progress Worlds Fair 

The 1933 Worlds Fair opened in Chicago, Illinois, on May 27, 1933.

By the late 1920s, the city of Chicago was looking toward 1933 as its 100th anniversary. A nonprofit corporation, A Century of Progress, was founded in 1928 to plan and host the upcoming Worlds Fair to be held there.