22c Rhode Island single

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Object Details

Description

The Postal Service honored Rhode Island with a commemorative stamp issued on May 29, 1990, in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, at the Slater Mill historic site.

Slater Mill, built by English immigrant Samuel Slater, was the first factory in America to successfully produce cotton yarn with water-powered machines, marking the beginning of the factory system in Rhode Island.

Designed by Robert Brangwynne, the stamps were engraved in the offset/intaglio process by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and issued in panes of fifty.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (May 17, 1990).

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overall tagging

Credit line

Date

May 29, 1990

Object number

1991.0730.4

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink; adhesive

Place

Rhode Island

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Architecture

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm868b28346-bea8-43fd-8dea-27d9182715bb

Record ID

npm_1991.0730.4