4c Noah Webster single
Object Details
- Description
- This Noah Webster Issue stamp features a portrait of lexicographer and author Noah Webster. He was born in Connecticut in 1758. As a teacher, Webster was interested in helping American children learn spelling and grammar. He compiled the colloquially named “Blue Backed Book” to teach children how to read, spell and pronounce words. He later went on to publish his own dictionary, “An American Dictionary of the English Language,” in 1828; this volume distinguished American usage and spelling from British.
- United States; Connecticut; Massachusetts; Britain; Noah Webster; spelling; grammar; dictionary; teacher; education; children; Amherst College; portrait
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- October 16, 1958
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5257
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Noah Webster, American, 1758 - 1843
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (dark carmine rose); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1121
- Topic
- Education & Teaching
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5257
