United States, Scott #1593, used(o), 1975, Americana Definitive Issue; stamp shows an early Printing Press, 11 cents, with script: "Liberty Depends on Freedom of the Press"; the Americana Series was a series of definitive stamps issued between 1971 and 1985; the set contains no images of people or presidents; the stamps contain patriotic words on two adjacent sides inscribed within a curve; the center images on the stamp follow a theme; the stamps were issued on sheets which when detached and assembled in blocks of four, with different ascending values, such that the block of four with the wording would frame the block; the theme for this second block, for which this stamp is a third position, lower left stamp, with printing down the left side and across the bottom, are 'American Freedoms', hence the early printing press on the theme ‘Freedom of the Press,’ orange on gray paper, perforated: 11x10½ at size: 18½mmx22½mm, engraved, no watermark, Scott 2019 Catalog Value: 25¢, nicely centered, duplex cancel, on the left a two line horizontal bar cancellation over the middle of the stamp and over the main image with a trailing circular cancel at the upper right, sound back, one short, one missing perforations at the right side middle when viewed from the front, otherwise good perforations. This is not a 'bait-and-switch;' the stamp you see will be the one you receive.
Please review my terms of sale. If you are not ordering from the United States, there is a $US1.50 additional postage expense that needs to be added to the price of the stamp. If you are ordering from the United States, there is only a $US0.66 added postage expense. Also, if you make additional purchases from my offerings, they can all go in one mailing at no extra shipping expense for the added purchases. I will send the purchase by US first class mail, since the relatively low value of the stamp does not warrant signature or tracking mail. Hence the buyer assumes risk of loss or non-delivery. I will keep a scan of my mailing to verify that the correct mailing address was used. If not satisfied, return the stamp to me at your own expense, and I will refund the cost, but not my postage to you. If the stamp is not as described, I will refund the cost and reimburse you for postage both ways.
By way of reference, I am an American Philatelic Society member (195176) and an American Stamp Dealers Association (ASDA) member. Thank you for looking, and I hope this is the perfect stamp to fill that gap in your collection.
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