3c Gold Star Mothers single
Object Details
- Description
- This Gold Star Mothers Issue stamp features a gold star on a palm frond. It was issued to honor the mother of deceased members of the United States armed forces. The Gold Star Mothers Club was formed after World War One. The name comes from the custom of families of military personnel to hang up a Service Flag in their window: living service members were represented by a blue star, while those who had lost their lives were represented by a gold stars.
- United States; military; mother; family; war; life; death; First World War; World War One
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- September 21, 1948
- Object number
- 1980.2493.4049
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (orange yellow); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 969
- Topic
- Humanitarian Causes
- Military & Policing Forces
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.4049
