Postage stamps

A photo of a 3-cent stamp showing hundreds of American troops marching in formation in front of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris as they liberate France. This is the same image as photograph 98-2517, but airplanes have been added to the stamp. This photograph came with a negative. From: Presented to Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan on the occasion of his visit to General Headquarters, U. S. Army Forces Pacific in Tokyo, Japan, July 1946.

President Harry S. Truman receiving the first sheet of Franklin D. Roosevelt memorial stamps from Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan.

Some Japanese postal stamps. From the album "Mail Service of Japan," edited by Tokyo Motion Picture Company.

Members and representatives of the National Capital Sesquicentennial Commission are shown the commemorative postage stamps for the event. From left to right: Joseph C. McGarraghy, Chairman of the Executive Committee; Assistant to the President John R. Steelman; Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson; Carter Barron, Executive Vice-Chairman; and John Russell Young, President of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia.

Presentation of the National Capital Sesquicentennial stamp takes place in Postmaster General Jesse Donaldson's office. Chief Justice Fred Vinson represented the Federal Government Judicial Branch. Carter Barron represented the Sesquicentennial Commission as Vice President of that Committee. The stamp went on sale to the general public on August 2 , 1950.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (left) presents sheets of postage stamps commemorating Franklin D. Roosevelt's birthday to President Harry S. Truman (center). All others are unidentified.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (third from right) presents sheets of "Ruptured Duck" Discharge Emblem postage stamps to (l-r): U.S. Coast Guard Machinist's Mate 1/c Paul Leaman Clark; U.S. Navy Chief Electrician's Mate Charles V. Claybourn; President Harry S. Truman; U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Pulice; and U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Douglas T. Jacobson.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (third from right) presents sheets of the "Ruptured Duck" Discharge Emblem postage stamps to (l-r): U.S. Coast Guard Machinist's Mate 1/c Paul Leaman Clark; U.S. Navy Chief Electrician's Mate Charles V. Claybourn; President Harry S. Truman; U.S. Army Sergeant Michael Pulice; and U.S. Marine Corps Sergeant Douglas T. Jacobson.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (leftmost standing in foreground) and Basil O'Connor (rightmost standing in foreground) pass out Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamps to polio patients at Warm Springs, Georgia. Standing on the far right in the background is Georgia Governor Ellis Arnall. All others are unidentified. The group gathered for a Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamp Ceremony outside Roosevelt's Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia.

Postmaster General Robert E. Hannegan (standing in right foreground) passes out Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial stamps to polio patients in Warm Springs, Georgia. All others unidentified. The group gathered for a Franklin D. Roosevelt Memorial Stamp Ceremony outside Roosevelt's Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia.