Does anyone have a notion to the relative abundance extant between the 1966 1st and 2nd printings? In other words how many of the 1st printing were actually released? When the 2nd printing was issued were the remaining 1st printing stocks destroyed, and so are the ones we see now from the 1st printing issued very early on? Was issuance of the 1st printing stocks ceased, until the 2nd printing arrived? There is probably no record of this, but someone may have heard, and verbal history has validity. Barbour's book is clear on the short time frame of release between these two printings and why the second one was accomplished, but he does not address whether or not the 1st printing stamps continued to be issued once the decision was made to reprint. Was a moratorium placed on issuing any stamps until the arrival of the 2nd printing? Dave, do you have any verbal knowledge of this from conversations with "old-timers"? Steve Altic.

Does anyone know who the artist was who designed the pictorial postmark of the coiled rattlesnake for the 2006 issue? The answer is probably in plain sight in John Wells' book, but I can't seem to find it. Steve Altic.

The 2024 designs are very attractive. I especially like the waterspout headed toward RI on the 75 cent and the eclipse on the 50 cent. Kudos to the Postmaster General and the Artist.

I recently obtained a sheet of the 1966 2nd Printing of the 25c stamp. It is definitely not as light as the first printing, but it appears slightly lighter than other 2nd Printing examples I have of the same stamp. Does anyone know if there were variations in the 2nd Printing? Perhaps how it was stored might make a difference, but I would not be surprised to learn there were variations. Thanks. Steve Altic.