U.S. #861
1940 3¢ Ralph Waldo Emerson
Famous Americans Series Authors

Issue Date: February 5, 1940
First City: Boston, Massachusetts
Quantity Issued: 53,260,270
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforation: 10½ x 11
Color: Bright red violet

Featured on U.S. #861, Ralph Waldo Emerson was an American philosopher whose essays made him the leading spokesman for the "American Transcendentalism" movement. The beliefs of the movement included a rejection of society in favor of the individual and as Emerson put it "an original relation to the Universe". Some of his best-known works included "Self Reliance" and "Nature."