1939 3c Printing Tercentenary
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U.S. #857
1939 3¢ Printing Tercentenary
1939 3¢ Printing Tercentenary
Issue Date: September 25, 1939
First City: New York, New York
Quantity Issued: 71,394,750
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforation: 10 ½ x 11
Color: Violet
First City: New York, New York
Quantity Issued: 71,394,750
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforation: 10 ½ x 11
Color: Violet
U.S. #857 commemorates the 300th anniversary of the Stephen Daye Press – the first printing press used in Colonial America. Daye was a locksmith who journeyed to America in 1638. As repayment for the transport of him and his family, he built a printing press for the Reverend John Glover.
Glover died on the journey to the New World, but Daye still built the press for Glover’s widow. Finished in 1639, it is generally believed that the first item printed was the “Freeman’s Oath,” a type of newspaper. He printed the “Bay Psalm Book” in 1641 – the first book printed in the American colonies. As a reward for his efforts, Daye was later granted 300 acres of land.
First Continuously Published Newspaper in America
The first continuously published newspaper in the American colonies, The Boston News-Letter, published its first issue on April 24, 1704. It was the only continuously-produced paper in the colonies for 15 years and ceased publication in 1776 due to the American Revolution.
The first-ever multi-page newspaper in the colonies was Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, which was first published on September 25, 1690, in Boston. It was intended to be a monthly periodical but was shut down just four days after that first issue by the Colonial government because it included “sundry doubtful and uncertain Reports.”
In the early 1700s, bookseller and Boston postmaster John Campbell started creating hand-written newsletters about what was going on in Europe. He sent his newsletters to New England governors for over a year. He then decided it would be easier to print his newsletters for all to read. He produced his first issue of The Boston News-Letter on April 24, 1704. Initially, the paper was issued weekly as a half sheet – one page measuring eight by twelve inches, with articles on both sides.
Early on, the paper mostly shared news from London periodicals concerning politics and wars. It also included information on ship arrivals, deaths, sermons, political appointments, fires, and accidents. One of its most exciting stories came in 1718, when it detailed the death of the pirate Blackbeard from hand-to-hand combat. The Boston News-Letter was Boston’s only newspaper until the Boston Gazette was created in 1719. Other major cities didn’t start their own papers until 1719 (Philadelphia) and 1725 (New York).
Bartholomew Green took over the paper in 1722 and cut down on the European news to focus more on what was happening in the colonies. After his death 10 years later, his son-in-law John Draper took it over. Draper expanded it to four pages and covered even more colonial news. The paper passed to his son, Richard Draper in 1762, and the younger Draper’s widow Margaret upon his death in 1774.
The Drapers were committed loyalists and supported the British in the years leading up to the Revolution. When editor Robert Boyle shared sympathy with the Revolutionaries, he was replaced by John Howe. They continued to produce the paper until the British evacuated Boston on March 17, 1776. The paper was never reinstated, and Mrs. Draper was given a life pension from the British government.
U.S. #857
1939 3¢ Printing Tercentenary
1939 3¢ Printing Tercentenary
Issue Date: September 25, 1939
First City: New York, New York
Quantity Issued: 71,394,750
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforation: 10 ½ x 11
Color: Violet
First City: New York, New York
Quantity Issued: 71,394,750
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforation: 10 ½ x 11
Color: Violet
U.S. #857 commemorates the 300th anniversary of the Stephen Daye Press – the first printing press used in Colonial America. Daye was a locksmith who journeyed to America in 1638. As repayment for the transport of him and his family, he built a printing press for the Reverend John Glover.
Glover died on the journey to the New World, but Daye still built the press for Glover’s widow. Finished in 1639, it is generally believed that the first item printed was the “Freeman’s Oath,” a type of newspaper. He printed the “Bay Psalm Book” in 1641 – the first book printed in the American colonies. As a reward for his efforts, Daye was later granted 300 acres of land.
First Continuously Published Newspaper in America
The first continuously published newspaper in the American colonies, The Boston News-Letter, published its first issue on April 24, 1704. It was the only continuously-produced paper in the colonies for 15 years and ceased publication in 1776 due to the American Revolution.
The first-ever multi-page newspaper in the colonies was Publick Occurrences Both Forreign and Domestick, which was first published on September 25, 1690, in Boston. It was intended to be a monthly periodical but was shut down just four days after that first issue by the Colonial government because it included “sundry doubtful and uncertain Reports.”
In the early 1700s, bookseller and Boston postmaster John Campbell started creating hand-written newsletters about what was going on in Europe. He sent his newsletters to New England governors for over a year. He then decided it would be easier to print his newsletters for all to read. He produced his first issue of The Boston News-Letter on April 24, 1704. Initially, the paper was issued weekly as a half sheet – one page measuring eight by twelve inches, with articles on both sides.
Early on, the paper mostly shared news from London periodicals concerning politics and wars. It also included information on ship arrivals, deaths, sermons, political appointments, fires, and accidents. One of its most exciting stories came in 1718, when it detailed the death of the pirate Blackbeard from hand-to-hand combat. The Boston News-Letter was Boston’s only newspaper until the Boston Gazette was created in 1719. Other major cities didn’t start their own papers until 1719 (Philadelphia) and 1725 (New York).
Bartholomew Green took over the paper in 1722 and cut down on the European news to focus more on what was happening in the colonies. After his death 10 years later, his son-in-law John Draper took it over. Draper expanded it to four pages and covered even more colonial news. The paper passed to his son, Richard Draper in 1762, and the younger Draper’s widow Margaret upon his death in 1774.
The Drapers were committed loyalists and supported the British in the years leading up to the Revolution. When editor Robert Boyle shared sympathy with the Revolutionaries, he was replaced by John Howe. They continued to produce the paper until the British evacuated Boston on March 17, 1776. The paper was never reinstated, and Mrs. Draper was given a life pension from the British government.