Underground Railroad, other recent U.S. issues receive Scott numbers

Scott Catalog News by Charles Snee

Another month has passed, and that means it’s time to reveal another batch of new Scott catalog numbers.

The editors of the Scott catalogs each month assign catalog numbers to new issues from the United States, United Nations and postal services from around the world.

The new Scott numbers provided here are for recently issued U.S. stamps. New Scott numbers for worldwide stamps are given in the Scott New Listings Update in Scott Stamp Monthly.

Included in this month’s listings are Scott numbers for the nondenominated (68¢) Underground Railroad stamps issued March 9 in Church Creek, Md., and the nondenominated (68¢) Garden Delights stamps issued March 16 at the March Party stamp show near Cleveland, Ohio. Also Scott official are the nondenominated (68¢) Bluegrass Music, nondenominated (68¢) Celebration Blooms, nondenominated (92¢) Wedding Blooms, nondenominated (68¢) Save Manatees and nondenominated (68¢) Betty Ford. Imperforate varieties of the forever commemorative issues, which come from uncut press sheets without die cuts, were also assigned Scott numbers.

What do these Scott numbers signify? In short, each stamp’s listing in an upcoming edition of the 2025 Scott catalogs.

Having these numbers handy will allow you to easily locate these stamps in the Scott catalogs and learn about their production and values.

Now that you have some context, here are the new U.S. Scott numbers:

Scott Number               Description

United States

5834                            (68c) Underground Railroad – Harriet Tubman

a.                                 Imperforate

5835                            (68c) Underground Railroad – Thomas Garrett

a.                                 Imperforate

5836                            (68c) Underground Railroad – William Still

a.                                 Imperforate

5837                            (68c) Underground Railroad – Harriet Jacobs

a.                                 Imperforate

5838                            (68c) Underground Railroad – Jermain Loguen

a.                                 Imperforate

5839                            (68c) Underground Railroad – Catherine Coffin

a.                                 Imperforate

5840                            (68c) Underground Railroad – Lewis Hayden

a.                                 Imperforate

5841                            (68c) Underground Railroad – Frederick Douglass

a.                                 Imperforate

5842                            (68c) Underground Railroad – William Lambert

a.                                 Imperforate

5843                            (68c) Underground Railroad – Laura Haviland

a.                                 Imperforate

b.                                 Block of 10, #5834-5843

c.                                 Imperforate block of 10, #5834a-5843a

5844                            (68c) Bluegrass Music

a.                                 Imperforate

5845                            Garden Delights – Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Sunflower

5846                            Garden Delights – Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Spotted touch-me-not

5847                            Garden Delights – Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Zinnia

5848                            Garden Delights – Ruby-throated Hummingbird and Sugar Flowers

a.                                 Block of 4, #5845-5848

b.                                 Convertible booklet pane of 20, 5 each #5845-5848

5849                            (68c) Flowers (Celebration Blooms)

5850                            (92c) Flowers (Wedding Blooms)

5851                            (68c) Save Manatees

a.                                 Convertible booklet pane of 20

5852                            (68c) Betty Ford

a.                                 Imperforate    

All of the numbers will appear in the Catalogue Update section of the May 2024 Scott Stamp Monthly. For further information contact Martin J. Frankevicz.

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