15c Robert F. Kennedy single

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Description

The 15-cent Robert F. Kennedy commemorative stamp was first available on January 12, 1979, in the District of Columbia.

Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) was the younger brother of John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United Sates (1960-1963). He attended Harvard University (1948) and the University of Virginia Law School (1951), and he served as attorney general during the Kennedy presidency. When Lyndon B. Johnson, John Kennedy's vice president and successor, decided not to run for re-election in 1968, Robert Kennedy began his campaign for the presidency. He was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 6, 1968, by an Arab immigrant, Sirhan Sirhan.

mint

Credit line

Date

January 12, 1979

Object number

1985.0021.2459

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink ( ); adhesive

Place

United States of America

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Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Political Figures

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8ca782a42-0b0a-4417-b5fc-3131ade9f3ec

Record ID

npm_1985.0021.2459