3c Rough Riders single
Object Details
- Description
- This Rough Riders Issue stamp features a statue of William O. (Buck) O’Neill by Solon H. Borglum. The stamp commemorates the 50th anniversary of the organization of the Rough Riders during the Spanish-American War. O’Neill served as captain with the Rough Riders, the First United States Volunteer Calvary, commanded by Colonel Leonard Wood and former assistant secretary of the Navy, Theodore Roosevelt.
- United States; Spanish-American War; Theodore Roosevelt; Rough Riders; military; volunteer
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- October 27, 1948
- Object number
- 1980.2493.4057
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- William O. O'Neill, American
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (violet brown); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- Arizona
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 973
- Topic
- Military & Policing Forces
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.4057
