5c Flag over White House single
Object Details
- Description
- This Flag Issue stamp features an image of a fifty star United States flag over the White House. The flag is nicknamed the “Stars and Stripes,” “Old Glory” or “The Star-Spangled Banner.” The fifty star flag has been used since 1959, following the admission of Alaska and Hawaii’s admission into statehood. The layout for the flag was designed by Robert G. Heft, as part of a high school project.
- United States; flag; old glory; stars and stripes; star-spangled banner; red; white; blue; White House; President; architecture
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- January 9, 1963
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5436
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (blue, red); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- District of Columbia
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1208
- Topic
- Architecture
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5436
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