Navy Issue of 1937 - Decatur and MacDonough

United States · 1937 · 2¢

The stamp features portraits of naval heroes Stephen Decatur and Thomas MacDonough, with the USS Saratoga depicted in the background. It is a 2-cent red stamp.

This stamp is part of the 1937 Navy Issue, commemorating naval heroes as part of a series originally urged by President Theodore Roosevelt to honor Army, Navy, and war heroes.