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Description
The Postal Service commemorated the 150th anniversary of the US Naval Academy with the issuance of a 32-cent stamp in a pane of 20, on October 10, 1995 in Annapolis, Maryland.
The academy, founded in 1845 as the Naval School at Fort Severn in Annapolis, Maryland, was reorganized in 1850 as the US Naval Academy. It was established as an institution of higher education to train, educate, and motivate young people for a career in the naval service. At the outbreak of the Civil War, it was moved to Newport, Rhode Island, and remained there during the entire war period. Today, the US Naval Academy offers men and women undergraduate degree programs and professional training in a variety of fields.
The US Naval Academy stamp was designed by Dean Ellis of Amagansett, New York. Ashton-Potter (USA) Ltd. produced the stamp in the offset process.
Reference: Postal Bulletin (September 14, 1995)
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Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
October 10, 1995
Object number
1996.2066.287
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed
Place
Maryland
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Contemporary (1990-present)
Military & Policing Forces
Ships & Waterways
U.S. Stamps
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Record ID
npm_1996.2066.287