ISSUE 171 - March 7, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
U. S. Stamp News
18¢ Prexie Postal History
by Richard Pederson
The 18¢ value in the Presidential Series of 1938
(see Figure 1), hereinafter called the Prexies, depicts the 18th President of the United States (1869-1877), Ulysses S. Grant. William A. Roach designed the stamp based on a Franklin Simmonds statue of Grant located in the Rotunda of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C.
Grant graduated from West Point and served in the Army during the Mexican War. He was promoted several times and served until July 31, 1854, when he resigned as . . .
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