Stamps honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln were issued by the United States Postal Service on 9 February 2009. The stamps were issued in four designs, each showing a scene from Lincoln’s life and career along with a larger portrait of Lincoln at either the left or right side of the […]
The last post discussing the commemorative stamps of the United States that honored Abraham Lincoln featured the 1959 stamp set issued in recognition of the Sesquicentennial of his birth. See: Abraham Lincoln on Stamps – The Sesquicentennial Issues of 1959. In 1960, a special stamp was issued to meet the international air mail postage rate […]
A set of three commemorative stamps was issued in 1959 in recognition of the 150th Anniversary of the birth of Abraham Lincoln. The first stamp in the set, a one cent value, was issued 12 February 1959 at Hodgenville, Kentucky, the place of Lincoln’s birth. It featured a portrait of Lincoln by George Healy. […]
Between 1909 and 1959, there were very few commemorative stamp issues of the United States that honored Abraham Lincoln. The issue of 1909, for the Centenary of Lincoln’s birth (pictured below) was mentioned here in a blog post in late January. For those readers new to this series of posts on Abraham Lincoln on Stamps, […]
Today, the regular Abraham Lincoln stamp issues will continue with an examination of the Liberty Series and the Prominent Americans Series which saw service from the mid-1950s through the mid-1970s. Previously, here on this blog, the Presidential Series of 1938 was explained. In addition, on Tuesday last week, former presidents who were alive during all […]
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