4c Patrick Henry 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 features a quotation from Founding Father Patrick Henry. The quotation is from a speech Henry gave to the Virginia Convention in 1775. The stamp also features a small image of a torch and Henry’s signature.
- United States; America; Patrick Henry; ideals; credo; American Revolutionary War; Founding Father; orator; political activist; torch; quotation; signature
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- January 11, 1961
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5308
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Associated Person
- Patrick Henry, American, 1736 - 1799
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (green, brown); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1144
- Topic
- Political Figures
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5308
