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But while Martha Washington had played this role in the series of 1902, 1922–1925 and 1938, the Liberty Issue eliminated her, instead presenting Susan B. Anthony, portrayed on the 50-cent stamp. The Liberty Issue was the first definitive series including multiple presidents issued since 1861 which did not contain a single stamp honoring a ...
— Printed by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing — Issued between 1957 and 1961. Champion of Liberty commemorative stamps, also known as the Champion of Liberty series, were a series of nineteen commemorative stamps issued periodically by the United States Post Office between 1957 and 1961 in honor of men who fought for the cause of freedom and independence in their home countries.
The United States Post Office issued the Statue of Liberty Forever stamp on December 1, 2010. [1] The stamp shows the replica of the Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) located at the New York-New York Hotel and Casino on the Las Vegas Strip rather than the original Statue of Liberty in New York. [2]
The common first-class stamp was a 3¢ Statue of Liberty in purple, and included the inscription "In God We Trust", the first explicit religious reference on a U.S. stamp (ten days before the issue of the 3¢ Liberty stamp, the words "under God" had been inserted into the Pledge of Allegiance). The Statue of Liberty appeared on two additional ...
Champion of Liberty commemorative stamps; CIA invert; Clair Aubrey Huston; Columbian Issue; Comic Strip Classics; Commemoration of the American Civil War on postage stamps; Postage stamps and postal history of the Confederate States
The Liberty Bell was chosen for the stamp design theme because the symbol was most representative of the nation's independence. [107] Since then the Liberty Bell has appeared on several other U.S. postage stamps, [108] including the first forever stamp, issued since 2007. [109] An image of the Liberty Bell appears on the current $100 note.
The Prominent Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Post Office Department (and later the United States Postal Service) between 1965 and 1978. It superseded the Liberty Issue of 1954, which by the mid-1960s had become somewhat dated, especially in its focus on political figures. This was the first U. S ...
"Bostonians Reading the Stamp Act." From Stranger's Illustrated Guide to Boston and Its Suburbs by J. H. Stark, 1882.. The Loyal Nine (also spelled Loyall Nine) were nine American patriots from Boston who met in secret to plan protests against the Stamp Act 1765.