3c Puerto Rico Gubernatorial Election single

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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Description

This Puerto Rico Election Issue stamp commemorated the first gubernatorial election in the Territory of Puerto Rico. Originally ruled by Spain, the country ceded the colony to the United States in 1898 as a result of the Spanish-American War. Puerto Rico became a United States territory as part of the Jones Act of 1917. The stamp features a Puerto Rican farmer holding a cogwheel and ballot box.

United States; Puerto Rico; territory; election; governor

Date

April 27, 1949

Object number

1980.2493.4077

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (green); adhesive / engraving

Place

PUERTO RICO (U.S. administration)

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Humanitarian Causes

Hispanic Heritage

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

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Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm88b0bf0a2-d171-4ba3-a91e-cf5cca0571cc

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.4077