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Printer:
Bureau of Engraving and Printing  Search this
Medium:
paper; ink (deep violet); adhesive / engraving
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
October 1956
Description:
This Liberty Issue stamp depicts the State of Liberty. The statue was designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi as a gift to the United States from France. The statue is of the Roman goddess of freedom, Libertas, holding a torch and a tablet which is inscribed with the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. The statue was completed in Paris in 1884 and unveiled in New York Harbor in 1886.
United States; France; Statue of Liberty; freedom; Declaration of Independence; Paris; New York; Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi; Gustave Eiffel; Richard Morris Hunt; coil; pair
Topic:
Architecture  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Object number:
1980.2493.5133.1-2
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8766cc86a-88b0-457e-a251-86b2bf5d6c26
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1980.2493.5133.1-2