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- 3c Puerto Rico Gubernatorial Election single
3c Puerto Rico Gubernatorial Election single
Object Details
- Description
- This Puerto Rico Election Issue stamp commemorated the first gubernatorial election in the Territory of Puerto Rico. Originally ruled by Spain, the country ceded the colony to the United States in 1898 as a result of the Spanish-American War. Puerto Rico became a United States territory as part of the Jones Act of 1917. The stamp features a Puerto Rican farmer holding a cogwheel and ballot box.
- United States; Puerto Rico; territory; election; governor
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- April 27, 1949
- Object number
- 1980.2493.4077
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (green); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- PUERTO RICO (U.S. administration)
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 983
- Topic
- Humanitarian Causes
- Hispanic Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.4077
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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