UNITED STATES

UNITED STATES.

Annapolis Tercentenary, 1649-1949.
Map of original settlement of the current city of Annapolis* (Maryland)
on Severn River and Chesapeake Bay.
Stamp issued on 23.05.1949.
Face value: 3 cents of U.S. dollar.
Printing: Recess.
Printed by Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington D.C.
Print: 107,340,000 copies.

Catalogues
- Michel No. 598.
- Scott No. 984.
- StampWorld No. 793.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 535.

* Annapolis was founded in 1649 by Puritan settlers who were exiled from Virginia, led by William Stone; the location was first named Providence. The town was renamed Anne Arundel’s Towne after the wife of Lord Baltimore. It was only in 1708 when Sir Francis Nicholson moved the capital of the royal colony there, that the town received the name which is holds today, Annapolis, named for Queen Anne, soon to be the monarch of all of Great Britain. 

The Puritans are represented on the stamp in the image of a boat headed to the new settlement. Also shown on the stamp is the coat of arms of Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore, the first proprietor of the Maryland colony.

The design, a map of the Annapolis area showing the water route from the Chesapeake Bay to the Severn River.