$1 Surrender of Burgoyne 1994


$1 Surrender of Burgoyne 1994
Added by Alain Martineau
General Description : The Postal service issued the 1-dollar Surrender at Saratoga stamp on May 5, 1994, at the New York MEGA Show in New York, New York. The stamp was developed from a design created in 1869 by the National Bank Note Co. It was originally prepared, but not used, for the 1869 US postage series. The central image or vignette features an engraved rendering of the John Trumbull painting, "The Surrender of General Burgoyne at Saratoga," an important American victory during the American Revolution in 1777. The victory was a decisive factor leading to the signing of the French Alliance in 1778.
The stamps were engraved through the intaglio process by Stamp Venturers, Inc., and issued in panes of twenty.
Face value 1 Dollar
Catalog code (Michel) US 2455
Catalog code (Scott) US 2590
Series Bicentennial
Stamp colour blue
Stamp use Commemorative stamp
Print run 300,000,000
Issue date 05/05/1994
Designer Czeslaw Slania (E)
Print technique Engraved
Printed by Stamp Venturers, Inc.
Perforation 11.5
Height 31.00 mm
Width 31.00 mm
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