Also this week, the story behind the mysterious 1938 Contract Air Mail 35 flight covers sent to Scottsbluff, Neb., and a tip to look for the 1932-40 set of postage stamps issued by Inini.
The United States 1890 2¢ George Washington stamp was originally listed as a shade variety of Scott 220 before being assigned its own major-number listing.
The 39¢ and 41¢ envelopes met the first-class postage rate for a little more than a year after they were released. The 42¢ envelope met the first-class postage rate for less than a year.
In the Scott catalogs, the stamps of independent East Timor are listed under and numbered consecutively following those of Timor, the former Portuguese colony.