ISSUE 173 - May 2, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
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7¢ Prexie Postal History
by Richard Pederson
The 7¢ value in the Presidential Series of 1938 (see Figure 1), hereinafter called the Prexies, depicts the seventh President of the United States (1829-1837), Andrew Jackson, also known as “Old Hickory.” William K. Schrage designed the stamp based on a Belle Kinney Sholz statue of Jackson located in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Prior to becoming President, Jackson, as a 13-year-old fought in the American Revolutionary War and later, in the War of 1812, he commanded the . . .
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