Printer:

Bureau of Engraving and Printing  Search this

Medium:

paper; ink (dark violet); adhesive / engraving

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

California

United States of America

Date:

January 24, 1948

Description:

This California Gold Centennial Issue stamp depicts Sutter's Miller in Coloma, California, where James W. Marshall's discovered gold, prompting the California Gold Rush. The stamp commemorates the centennial of this discovery in 1848.

United States; California; Sutter's Mill; James W. Marshall; gold; gold rush; landscape; centennial

Topic:

Technology & Inventions  Search this

U.S. Stamps  Search this

Object number:

1980.2493.4019

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm828ce153d-3441-48ef-9670-82c8da364aef

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_1980.2493.4019