3c Newspaper Boys single
Object Details
- Description
- This Newspaper Boys Issue stamp honors the service of the newspaper boys. Newsboys helped distribute newspapers on the street. The stamp recognizes their important role in the community; it features an image of a newspaper boy, a hand holding a torch as a symbol of free enterprise and a group of residential homes in the background.
- United States; newspaper boys; newsies; journalism; enterprise; boys; community
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- October 4, 1952
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5041
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (violet); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1015
- Topic
- Family & Children
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5041
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