SCOTT 3813 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA 37 CENT

     The District of Columbia stamp's shape is appropriate, as our nation's capital was originally diamond-shaped. That ended in the mid-1800's, when land was returned to Virginia.

                                                

SCOTT #3653-56 TEDDY BEARS 37 CENT

     Teddy bears have been part of American culture for a 100 years. The toy owes it's nickname to our 26th President. On a 1902 hunting trip, Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt refused to shoot a bear tied to  a tree.A cartoon in the Washington Post immortalized the incident. Soon after, Brooklyn store owner Morris Michtom asked the president for permission to call stuffed bears "Teddy's Bears". The rest is history.

                                   

SCOTT #1307 MIXED BREED DOG 5 CENT

    This is the last of the pet stamps printed by the U S Post Office. It is a tribute to the ASPCA.

                                              

SCOTT #4604-07 DOGS AT WORK 65 CENT

     More than man's best friend, dogs provide a variety of services to people. As guide dogs, they lead the blind. Search and rescue dogs help find disaster victims while police and military dogs can detect drugs, guns, and explosives. Therapy dogs, known for their friendliness, comfort the elderly and sick.
      These 65 cent stamps can be used on letters up to two ounces.

                                           

SCOTT 2102 CRIME DOG 20 CENT

     McGruff the crime dog,

                                           

SCOTT #2202 LOVE 22 CENT

     The love puppy.

                                                  

SCOTT 2817 LUNAR NEW YEAR 29 CENT

    Post Office pays homage to Chinese New Year with "Year of the Dog".

                                         

SCOTT #3670-71 NEUTER OR SPAY 37 CENT

     Post Office shows a kitten and a puppy, with the reminder to neuter or spay your pet.

                                                      

SCOTT #2155-58 RACING HORSES 22 CENT

    This sheet shows 4 different horse. Quarter Horse, Morgan, Saddlebred, and Appaloosa.

                                       

SCOTT #2025 KITTEN AND PUPPY 13 CENT

      The post office wants to show us that dogs and cats can be friends.

                                          

SCOTT #2756-59 SPORTS HORSES 29 CENT

     This sheet shows four different type of horses, Steeplechase, Thoroughbred, Harness, and Polo.

                                   

SCOTT #2098 DOGS 20 CENT

      This sheet shows  four different sets of dogs, Beagle and Boston Terrier, Chesapeake Bay Retriever and Cocker Spaniel,  Alaskan Malamute and Collie, and the last stamp, Coonhound and American Foxhound.

                                          

SCOTT 3230-34 BRIGHT EYES 32 CENT

     One of my favorite sheet, Bright Eyes depict a dog, fish, cat, parakeet, and hamster.

                                      

SCOTT 2372-75 CATS 22 CENT

I'm going to show you how the Post Office honored our pets. The first will be how they honored cats.

                                

SCOTT #2969-73 GREAT LAKES LIGHTHOUSES 32 CENT

     Great Lakes Lighthouses features lighthouses on Split Rock, Lake Superior, St. Joseph, Lake Michigan, Spectacle Reef, Lake Huron, Marblehead, Lake Erie and 30 Mile Point, Lake Ontario.

                            
                               

                                      

SCOTT 4146 PACIFIC COAST LIGHTHOUSES 41 CENT

     Fourth in a series, Pacific Lighthouses features lighthouse's in Diamond Head, Hi. ,Five Finger, Ak., Gray's Harbor, Wa., Umpqua River, Or., and George Reef, Ca. In the near future, I will post other lighthouses.

                       

SCOTT #3198-3202 CALDER AND HIS SCULPTURES 32 CENT

     Two black inks were used to give the Calder stamps a unique sense of depth. A "line" black was used to create the stamp's fine lines, and a "tone" black was used to make the shadows and the selvage portrait.

                                    

SCOTT #2862 JAMES THURBER 29 CENT

    Author, humorist, playwright, and cartoonist James Thurber published 31 books and was frequently featured in the New Yorker magazine. His popular works include the short story, The Secret Life Of Walter Mitty and the play, The Male Animal. This stamp features a Thurber self-portrait, titled Male Type.