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While in Philadelphia on July 6, 1976, Queen Elizabeth presented the Bicentennial Bell on behalf of the British people. The bell is a replica of the Liberty Bell, cast at the same foundry—Whitechapel Bell Foundry—and bearing the inscription "For the People of the United States of America from the People of Britain 4 July 1976 LET FREEDOM RING."
It began with the issuance of a stamp showing the logo for the Bicentennial celebrations on July 4, 1971, and concluded on September 2, 1983, with a stamp for the Treaty of Paris. While many of the stamps showed the Bicentennial logo as a design element or contained the words "US BICENTENNIAL" or "BICENTENNIAL ERA", not all did.
Celebrate the Century is a series of postage stamps made by the United States Postal Service featuring images recalling various important events in the 20th century in the United States. [8] Ten of these sheets were issued, with each sheet depicting events of one decade of the 20th century, from the 1900s to 1990s.
Scenes from American history, famous Americans, and traditional Christmas images are postage stamp themes frequently employing original artwork. The main references for the list are: National Postal Museum online database "Arago: Philately", [1] the Colnect Worldwide Stamp Catalog, [2] and the US Stamp Gallery. [3]
THAIPEX 1989 (4th Asian International Stamp Exhibition), Bangkok, 4–8 August 1989. [4] Bangkok world philatelic exhibition 1993, Bangkok, 1–10 October 1993 (FIP) BANGKOK 2000 (13th Asian International Stamp Exhibition), Bangkok, 25 March-3 April 2000 (FIP) [4] Bangkok 2003 International Stamp Exhibition, Bangkok, 4–13 October 2003 (FIP)
Adolph S. Ochs on a 1976 stamp. Adolph S. Ochs (1976) New York Times publisher; Severo Ochoa (2011) Biochemist [26] Flannery O'Connor (2015) Writer [88] William Butler Ogden (1944) Railroad tycoon, first Mayor of Chicago [89] James Edward Oglethorpe (1933) Georgia founder; Eugene O’Neill on a 1967 stamp. Georgia O'Keeffe (1996, 2013) Painter ...
The Met Collection- The Metropolitan Museum of Art's online gallery includes public domain images of artwork. Choose "open access" search option. The Smithsonian Institution Research Information System (SIRIS) – American art catalog compiled by the Smithsonian Institution. It has many reproductions of American paintings.
James Madison appears on the 4-cent 1938 Presidential Series stamp, the fourth president of the United States. Madison, the "Father of the Constitution" proposed the system of checks and balances in three branches of federal government at the Constitutional Convention. Two varieties of the 4-cent were printed, a sheet stamp and sidewise coil.