25c Idaho Statehood single

Stamp with blue bird facing left standing on fence post with mountains in the background

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Description

The 25-cent Idaho Statehood commemorative stamp went on sale January 6, 1990, in Boise, Idaho. Idaho was admitted as the forty-third state on July 3, 1890. The stamp features the state bird, the Mountain Bluebird, perched atop a rustic fencepost, against a backdrop of blue sky and the rugged peaks of the Sawtooth Mountain Range.

Designed by John Dawson, the stamps were produced by the photogravure process by the American Bank Note Company in panes of fifty.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (December 28, 1989).

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overall tagging

Credit line

Date

February 18, 1990

Object number

1991.0730.8

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink; adhesive

Place

Idaho

United States of America

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Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Animals

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm812a08dfd-3378-41bc-b020-25a911c5e188

Record ID

npm_1991.0730.8