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1.5c Mount Vernon single
Object Details
- Description
- This Liberty Issue stamp depicts Mt. Vernon, located near Alexandria, Virginia, the plantation home of the first President of the United States, George Washington. Washington inherited Mt. Vernon from his half-brother Lawrence Washington, who had named the estate after Admiral Edward Vernon. After his presidency, Washington retired to Mt. Vernon. The stamp features an image of the east façade of the main house, which faces the Potomac River. The property is now a National Historic Site.
- United States; Virginia; George Washington; president; founding father; architecture; building; farm
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- February 22, 1956
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5077
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Associated Person
- George Washington, American, 1732 - 1799
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (brown carmine); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- Virginia
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- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1032
- Topic
- Architecture
- Political Figures
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5077
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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