About This Stamp
The 2-cent Famous American Inventors stamp issued October 7, 1940, features Samuel F. B. Morse (1791–1872). Morse is credited with the invention of the telegraph (1837) and of the Morse code shorthand system for encoding telegraph messages.
First Day of Issue Ceremony
First Day of Issue Date: October 7, 1940
First Day of Issue Location: New York, NY