Dictionary Definition
prexy n : the head administrative officer of a
college or university [syn: president]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Noun
- a college or university president
Extensive Definition
The Presidential Issue, nicknamed the Prexies by
collectors, is the series of definitive
postage
stamps issued in the United
States in 1938, featuring all 29
U.S. presidents from George
Washington through Calvin
Coolidge. They are depicted as small busts printed on
solid-color designs through 50¢, then black on white with colored
lettering for $1, $2, and $5 values. Additional stamps depicted
Benjamin
Franklin (1/2¢), Martha
Washington (1 1/2¢), and the White House
(4 1/2¢).
Many values were included just so that all
presidents were on a stamp and did not necessarily correspond to a
postal rate. One of the (difficult) games for Prexie collectors is
to find a cover with, for instance, a single 16¢ stamp that pays a
combination of rate and fees valid during the Prexies' period of
usage. Many such covers remain to be discovered; some sellers on
eBay have been
surprised to discover a seemingly ordinary-looking cover bid up to
several hundred dollars because it was one of the sought-after solo
usages.
The original issue was in the form of sheet
stamps printed on a rotary press, except for the dollar values,
which were flat-plate printed. On January 20,
1939, nine
values were issued in coil form, consisting of all low values from
1¢ to 6¢, and the 10¢, all perforated 10 vertically. On January 27,
the four values from 1¢ to 3¢ were also issued in vertical coil
form, perforated 10 horizontally.
Dates of issue and Scott catalog number
- Scott 803 - The ½¢ Benjamin Franklin - May 19
- Scott 804 - The 1¢ George Washington - April 25
- Scott 805 - The 1½¢ Martha Washington - May 5
- Scott 806 - The 2¢ John Adams - June 3
- Scott 807 - The 3¢ Thomas Jefferson - June 16
- Scott 808 - The 4¢ James Madison - July 1
- Scott 809 - The 4½¢ White House - July 11
- Scott 810 - The 5¢ James Monroe - July 21
- Scott 811 - The 6¢ John Quincy Adams - July 28
- Scott 812 - The 7¢ Andrew Jackson - August 4
- Scott 813 - The 8¢ Martin Van Buren - August 11
- Scott 814 - The 9¢ William Henry Harrison - August 18
- Scott 815 - The 10¢ John Tyler - September 2
- Scott 816 - The 11¢ James K. Polk - September 8
- Scott 817 - The 12¢ Zachary Taylor - September 14
- Scott 818 - The 13¢ Millard Fillmore - September 22
- Scott 819 - The 14¢ Franklin Pierce - October 6
- Scott 820 - The 15¢ James Buchanan - October 13
- Scott 821 - The 16¢ Abraham Lincoln - October 20
- Scott 822 - The 17¢ Andrew Johnson - October 27
- Scott 823 - The 18¢ Ulysses S. Grant - November 3
- Scott 824 - The 19¢ Rutherford B. Hayes - November 10
- Scott 825 - The 20¢ James A. Garfield - November 10
- Scott 826 - The 21¢ Chester A. Arthur - November 22
- Scott 827 - The 22¢ Grover Cleveland - November 22
- Scott 828 - The 24¢ Benjamin Harrison - December 2
- Scott 829 - The 25¢ William McKinley - December 2
- Scott 830 - The 30¢ Theodore Roosevelt - December 8
- Scott 831 - The 50¢ William Howard Taft - December 8
- Scott 832 - The $1 Woodrow Wilson - August 29
- Scott 833 - The $2 Warren G. Harding - September 29
- Scott 834 - The $5 Calvin Coolidge - November 17
References
- The Prexies (La Posta Monograph, Volume 2)
- Prexy Postal History