Celebrate the Century Coin & Stamp Collection-The 1900's

Celebrate each decade of the 20th Century.

This set features stamps commemorating significant events, products and pop-culture from the end of the 20th Century as well as some of the circulating coin designs from each decade. Coins and stamps are presented in a wonderful display folder.

 Each Decade features 5 Coins (Penny, Nickel, Dime, Quarter and Half Dollar) and 15 Stamps. Stamps in original mint condition and no longer available through the United States Post Office

The sheets

1900s

 Title: Dawn of the Twentieth Century.

Date of issue: 3 February 1998.

Denomination: 32¢

No of stamps in sheet: 15

The stamps:

     1st row: Ford Model T; President Theodore Roosevelt; Movie Great Train Robbery; Crayola crayons; St. Louis World's Fair

    2nd row: Pure Food and Drug Act; Wright Flyer; Ashcan School

    3rd row: Ellis Island; John Muir

    4th row: Teddy bear; W. E. B. Du Bois; The Gibson Girl; 1903 World Series; Robie House

 Background image: The Wright brothers stand beside their Flyer II, near Dayton, Ohio.

Intaglio stamp: The Gibson Girl created by illustrator Charles Dana Gibson.

 Inspired by the teddy bear stamp on this sheet, the USPS in 2002 issued a set of four teddy bear stamps.