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5c Bill of Rights single
Object Details
- Description
- This Bill of Rights Issue stamp commemorates the 175th anniversary of the ratification of the United States Bull of Rights, the collective name of the first ten amendments to the United State Constitution. They provide basic legal protection for individual rights. They were introduced to the First United States Congress by James Madison in 1789. The stamp features a design of two hands – “freedom” checking “tyranny” – by editorial cartoonist Herbert Block, also known as Herblock.
- United States; Bill of Rights; Constitution; amendment; law; individual; rights; James Madison; First United States Congress; hands; Herbert Block; Herblock
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- July 1, 1966
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5607
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (carmine, dark blue, light blue); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1312
- Topic
- Humanitarian Causes
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5607
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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