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3c Joel Chandler Harris single
Object Details
- Description
- This Joel Chandler Issue stamp features a portrait of Joel Chandler Harris. Harris lived in post-Reconstruction Georgia and was a newspaper editor for the Atlanta Constitution. Based on African-American oral tradition and folklore, he wrote a collection of stories about Uncle Remus.
- United States; Georgia; Reconstruction; American Civil War; editor; journalist; African American; folklore; story; Uncle Remus; Br’er Rabbit; portrait
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- December 9, 1948
- Object number
- 1980.2493.4071
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Joel Chandler Harris, American, 1848 - 1908
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (bright red violet); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 980
- Topic
- Literature
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.4071
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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