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| Keywords: Decatur MacDonough Saratoga 1937 Issue-2c.jpg Stephen Decatur and Thomas MacDonough President Theodore Roosevelt originally urged Congress for a series of U S Postage stamps commemorating<br/>the Army Navy and various war heros of the American Revolution the War of 1812 and the<br/>American Civil War His dream was never realized until 1937 when President Franklin D Roosevelt <br/>who was a serious stamp collector himself urged congress and the U S Post Office to issue the<br/>long overdue Army and Navy Issue of 1937; Ten stamps consisting of two sets of five one each for the Army and Navy with denominations of 1c 2c 3c 4c and 5c U S Government Post Office Department<br/>Hi-res scan of postage stamp by Gwillhickers U S Post Office Department Bureau of Engraving and Printing 1937 PD-USGov Stamps of the United States 1931-1940 History of the United States on stamps American Revolutionary War Ships on stamps Stephen Decatur Red stamps Commemorative stamps of the United States | ||||
