4c Lincoln-Douglas Debates single
Object Details
- Description
- This Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue stamp was issued to commemorate the centennial of the Lincoln-Douglas debates, a series of debates held in 1858 by Abraham Lincoln, the Republican candidate, and Stephen Douglas, the incumbent Democratic candidate, for a seat in the United States Senate representing the state of Illinois. There were seven joint debates total. Lincoln lost to Douglas for a seat in the United States Senate, but eventually went on to be elected President of the United States during the 1860 Election. This stamp features an image of Lincoln and Douglas debating based on a painting by Joseph Boggs Beale.
- United States; Abraham Lincoln; Kentucky; Indiana; Illinois; lawyer; law; representative; senator; president; American Civil War; Stephen Douglas; United States Senate; Republican; Democrat; painting; Joseph Beale
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- August 27, 1958
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5245
- Depicts
- Abraham Lincoln, American, 1809 - 1865
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Stephen Douglas, American, 1813 - 1861
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (sepia); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1115
- Topic
- Political Figures
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5245
