USA Stamps
Presidents Issue

Scott 809

Issued 11th Jul 1938. Rotary Press Printed on unwatermarked paper and perf 11:10½. This stamp features The White House, the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. It is located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C. and has been the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800.

The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the neoclassical style. Hoban modelled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today houses the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. Construction took place between 1792 and 1800.

Scott 809
4½c
dark grey

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