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29c Cherokee Strip Land Run single
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service commemorated the centennial of the Cherokee Strip land run with the issuance of a 29-cent stamp on April 17, 1993, in Enid, Oklahoma. The stamp features land run contestants on horseback and in a covered wagon racing to stake a claim. "Cherokee Strip Land Run 1993" appears in the upper right, and "29 USA" appears in the upper left corner of the design.
- The Cherokee Strip was an 8-million acre parcel of land in the northwest quadrant of Oklahoma. When the federal government moved members of the Cherokee tribe from the southeastern United States to Indian Territory (eastern Oklahoma) in the late 1830s, the Cherokee received an outlet to the western hunting grounds that became known as the Cherokee Strip.
- On September 16, 1893, by presidential order, the Cherokee Strip was opened for settlement in a great land run. Over 100,000 people entered the race, which was undoubtedly one of the largest, most spectacular competitive events in history.
- Designed by artist Harold T. Holden of Kremlin, Oklahoma, the stamps were printed in the offset/intaglio process by the American Bank Note Company and issued in sheets of twenty.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (March 18, 1993).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- April 17, 1993
- Object number
- 1999.2004.911
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / lithography, engraving
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 2754
- Topic
- Humanitarian Causes
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1999.2004.911
- Usage
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