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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Description

This Liberty Issue Stamp depicts Independence Hall, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It received its name because of its role as the meeting place for the Second Continental Congress of the United States, the group that drafted and adopted the Declaration of Independence. Prior to this, the building served as the legislature for the Province of Pennsylvania, then eventually the Pennsylvania State House. It was designed by Edmund Woolley and Andrew Hamilton, and built by Woolley between 1732 and 1753. It is currently run by the National Park Service and is World Heritage Site.
United States; Pennsylvania; Philadelphia; Independence Hall; American Revolutionary War; Second Continental Congress; Declaration of Independence; legislature; Edmund Woolley; Andrew Hamilton; architecture

Date

July 4, 1956

Object number

1980.2493.5103

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (rose lake); adhesive / engraving

Place

Pennsylvania
United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Architecture
U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8e3d23915-6dfd-4f0d-b87e-ff75f227abd9

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.5103

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