US 1930 Carolina-Charleston Issue 2c. Scott. 683


US 1930 Carolina-Charleston Issue 2c. Scott. 683


Series: Carolina-Charleston Issue

Stamp details: Major General Joseph R. West (1822-1898) and Chief Shadoo

Issued date: 08-04-1930 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 2c.

Emission: Commemorative
Watermark: No Watermark

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 683
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 684
Michel (Germany): 325
Yvert et Tellier (France): 288

Dimensions (height x width):
25.4mm x 22.2mm

Printer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Stamp Colors: Carmine rose
Perforation: Perf 11

Themes: Ships, Transports, Native, Military

Total print: 25,215,574 (estimate)

Description:- Charleston is the largest city in the U.S. state of South Carolina, the county seat of Charleston County, and the principal city in the Charleston–North Charleston metropolitan area. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atlantic Ocean formed by the confluence of the Ashley, Cooper, and Wando rivers. Charleston had a population of 150,277 as of the 2020 U.S. Census. The 2020 population of the Charleston metropolitan area, comprising Berkeley, Charleston, and Dorchester counties, was 799,636 residents, the third-largest in the state and the 74th-largest metropolitan statistical area in the United States.

Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charleston,_South_Carolina