US Frigate Constitution (951)

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=22 BGCOLOR="#BF0000" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=145 BGCOLOR="#000066" TEXT="#F7F7FF"> <div> <A HREF="1947_issues.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1947 Issues"><IMG SRC="0af1e140.png" border=0 width="30" height="20" ALT="up" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <A HREF="utah_statehood_950.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Utah Statehood (950)"><IMG SRC="0b0280e0.png" border=0 width="40" height="14" ALT="previous" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A><A HREF="everglades_park_952.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Everglades Park (952)"><IMG SRC="0b1280e0.png" border=0 width="40" height="14" ALT="next" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="20" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" WIDTH="30"></div> <bR> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=458 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Times New Roman" ><I>W. G. Crosby FDC Catalog</I></FONT> |    <B> </B><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="https://wgcrosbyfdcs.com/index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="https://wgcrosbyfdcs.com/index.htm"><B>home</B></A></FONT></div> <div> back to  <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Times New Roman" ><A HREF="1947_issues.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="1947 Issues"><B>1947 Issues</B></A></FONT></div> <div> <IMG SRC="0ae07040.png" border=0 width="263" height="4" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>US Frigate Constitution (951)</B></div> <bR> <div> <B>For many years, Crosby had been urging the creation of a stamp honoring the US Frigate Constitution or 'Old Ironsides' as it was affectionately known.  The stamp was finally released on October 21, 1947.  Unfortunately, Walter Crosby would not live to see the official release of the stamp.  He died a few weeks before that, on September 28, 1947 at the age of 65.  While I have not seen a specific cause of death, one report indicates that he died "suddenly" which might mean a heart attack or something similar.  Immediately below is a cover with a Crosby cachet that was postmarked on the day of his death.</B></div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="269920b80.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="440" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Crosby's wife continued to produce first day covers until early 1949.</B></div> <bR> <div> <TABLE BORDER="2" CELLPADDING="15" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="854" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#BF0000" BORDERCOLORDARK="#BF0000" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 468 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="26a320ba0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="442" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-1 (M#46) in purple.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 474 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="26a520c00.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="448" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-1A in green. Same as WGC-1 except for color.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 474 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2cdb20c00.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="448" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-1B in blue green.  Same as WGC-1 except for color.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 474 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2ec320c00.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="448" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-1C in brown.  Same as WGC-1 except for color.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 472 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2e7b20be0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="446" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-2 (M#62) in blue.  Two lines of text below image.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 473 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2cd920bf0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="447" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-2A (M#47) in purple.  Similar to WGC-2 but one line of text above and one line below image.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 474 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2cd720c00.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="448" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-2B in purple.  Similar to WGC-2 but no text above image and one line of text below.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 493 WIDTH="816"><div> <B><IMG SRC="2ec520c00.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="448" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-3 (M#48).  Similar to WGC-2 but 'U.S.S. CONSTITUTION' in ALL CAPS at bottom of text and different photo of the ship.+</B></div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 474 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2cdd20c00.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="448" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-4 (M#49) in blue.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 476 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2cdf20c20.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="450" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-4A in black.  Same as WGC-4 except for color.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 463 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2eed8ab50.jpg" border=0 width="394" height="437" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-5 (M#50).  Similar to WGC-4 but different photo and only one line of text at bottom.</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 468 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2c5320ba0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="442" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-6 in orange.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 471 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2c5520bd0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="445" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-7 in purple.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 468 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2ec720ba0.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="442" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-8 (M#51).  No photo variety.  Text only is the poem of 'Old Ironsides' by Oliver Wendell Holmes.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 479 ><NOBR><div> <B><IMG SRC="2cd520c50.jpg" border=0 width="800" height="453" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>WGC-9 (M#52) in green.  No photo variety. Five lines of text at top with drawing of ship below.+</B></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="utah_statehood_950.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Utah Statehood (950)"><B>Prior Page</B></A><B> </B><B> </B><B> </B><A HREF="everglades_park_952.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Everglades Park (952)"><B>Next Page</B></A></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>