20c George Marshall single
Object Details
- Description
- This Prominent Americans Issue stamp depicts George Catlett Marshall, an American soldier and statesman. After graduating from the Virginia Military Institute, Marshall served during the First World War, where he working in planning and coordination. He was nominated to the position of Army Chief of Staff by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. His leadership was critical during the Second World War. His post-war work earned him a Nobel Peace Prize in 1953. Following the war, he was appointed to Secretary of State under President Harry Truman; he was later named Secretary of Defense.
- United States; Pennsylvania; George Catlett Marshall; Virginia Military Institute; First World War; Second World War; Army; military; war; soldier; statesman; Chief of Staff; Secretary of State; Secretary of Defense; Nobel Peace Prize; Marshall Plan; Harry Truman; Franklin Delano Roosevelt; President; portrait
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- October 24, 1967
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5566
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- George C. Marshall, American, 1880 - 1959
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (deep olive); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1289
- Topic
- Military & Policing Forces
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5566
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