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4c Thomas Jefferson Quote single
Object Details
- Description
- This American Credo issue stamp was issued to re-emphasize the ideals upon which America was founded and to honor those great Americans who wrote or uttered the credos. This stamp features a quotation from the Third President of the United States, Thomas Jefferson. The quotation is from a letter written in 1800 to Dr. Benjamin Rush from Thomas Jefferson. The stamp also features an image of a hand holding a flaming sword and Jefferson’s signature.
- United States; America; Virginia; ideals; credo; president; founding father; letter; hand; sword; flame; quotation; signature
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- May 8, 1960
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5302
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Associated Person
- Thomas Jefferson, American, 1743 - 1826
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (gray, vermilion); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1141
- Topic
- Political Figures
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5302
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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