4c Abraham Lincoln 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 Sixteenth President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln. The quotation is from a letter written in 1859 to Mr. Henry L. Pierce from Abraham Lincoln. The stamp also features a small image of Lady Freedom and Lincoln’s signature.
- United States; America; Abraham Lincoln; ideals; credo; lawyer; representative; senator; president; freedom; letter; Lady Freedom; quotation; signature
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- November 19, 1960
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5306
- Associated Person
- Abraham Lincoln, American, 1809 - 1865
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (magenta, green); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1143
- Topic
- Humanitarian Causes
- Political Figures
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5306
