3c Betsy Ross single
Object Details
- Description
- This Betsy Ross Issue stamp commemorated the 200th anniversary of the birth of Betsy Ross, the woman credited as the maker of the first American flag. She owned an upholstery business in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The stamp depicts her presenting the flag to General George Washington, Robert Morris and George Ross, based on the painting “Birth of Our Nation’s Flag” by Charles H. Weisgerber.
- United States; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Betsy Ross; flag; upholstery; George Washington; general; President; Robert Morris; George Ross; America; American Revolutionary War; war; military; woman
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- January 2, 1952
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5019
- Depicts
- Betsy Ross, American, 1752 - 1836
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (carmine rose); adhesive / engraving
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 x 1 9/16 in. (2.54 x 3.97 cm)
- Place
- Pennsylvania
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1004
- Topic
- Women's Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5019
