Object Details
Printer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Depicts
Henry Tompkins Paige Comstock, Canadian American, 1820 - 1870
Description
This Silver Centennial Issue stamp commemorates the discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in the Utah Territory, which is present day Nevada. Comstock Lode sparked a silver rush and was one of the largest and richest silver mining ventures in the United States. Several mining camps, including Virginia City and Gold Hill, were established in its vicinity. The stamp depicts a seen of Henry Comstock, of which the lode is name, along with two other men and a horse, at the mining location on Mount Davidson.
United States; Utah Territory; Nevada; Mount Davidson; Virginia Range; Comstock Lode; Henry T.P. Comstock; silver; gold; mining; rush; lode; ore; mineral; Virginia City; Gold Hill; camp; man; horse; landscape
Date
June 8, 1959
Object number
1980.2493.5275
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (black); adhesive / engraving
Place
Nevada
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
The Environment
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_1980.2493.5275