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3c Nassau Hall single
Object Details
- Description
- This Nassau Hall Issue stamp commemorates the 200th anniversary of the establishment of Nassau Hall at Princeton University; it is the oldest building on campus. When it was first built, the hall was the largest building in colonial New Jersey and the largest academic building in all the American colonies. During the American Revolutionary War, it was used by both American and British forces and was briefly the seat of the Continental Congress. The hall now houses Princeton University’s administrative offices.
- United States; New Jersey; Princeton University; Nassau Hall; Continental Congress; college; education; American Revolutionary War; colonists; British; administrative; offices; architecture
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- September 22, 1956
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5187
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (black on orange); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- New Jersey
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1083
- Topic
- Education & Teaching
- Architecture
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5187
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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