5c Emancipation Proclamation single
Object Details
- Description
- This Emancipation Proclamation Issue stamp commemorates the centennial of President Abraham Lincoln’s executive order that declared the freedom of slaves – nearly three million – residing in territories in rebellion. The Proclamation represented a shift in the war objectives of the North: reuniting the nation was no longer the only goal. It also promoted the ultimate abolition of slavery in the United States. The stamp features an image of a broken, or severed, chain.
- United States; Abraham Lincoln; President; slavery; American Civil War; Union; Confederacy; Emancipation Proclamation; executive order; Congress; abolition; chain
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- August 16, 1963
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5452
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (dark blue, black, red); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1233
- Topic
- Humanitarian Causes
- Black Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5452
