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4c Abraham Lincoln single
Object Details
- Description
- This Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue stamp commemorates the sesquicentennial of the birth of Abraham Lincoln, the sixteenth President of the United States. He was born in Kentucky and spent much of his childhood growing up in Indiana. In 1836, Lincoln was admitted to the bar and became a lawyer in Illinois. He also served in the Illinois House of Representatives and was later elected to the United States House of Representatives in 1846. He lost to Stephen 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. His presidency was defined by the outbreak and conclusion of the Civil War. He was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford’s Theatre Washington, DC on April 15, 1865. The portrait used as the basis of this stamp design is taken from the statue by Daniel Chester French, which is the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
- United States; Abraham Lincoln; Kentucky; Indiana; Illinois; lawyer; law; representative; senator; president; American Civil War; assassination; John Wilkes Booth; portrait; painting; George Healy; sesquicentennial
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- May 30, 1959
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5247
- Depicts
- Abraham Lincoln, American, 1809 - 1865
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (dark blue); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1116
- Topic
- Art & Photography
- Political Figures
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5247
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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