3c Railroad Engineers single

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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Depicts

Casey Jones, American, 1864-1900

Description

This Railroad Engineers Issue stamp features a portrait of John Luther “Casey” Jones and trains from 1900 and 1950. Jones was a locomotive engineer that was involved in a train wreck near Vaughan, Mississippi. He died in the accident, but saved the lives of the passengers and crew by staying with his train and reducing the speed before collision. The stamp was issued to honor the Railroad Engineers of America.

United States; Casey Jones; locomotive; railroad; train; engineer; accident; portrait

Date

April 29, 1950

Object number

1980.2493.4097

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (violet brown); adhesive / engraving

Place

Mississippi

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Trains

Organizations & Associations

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8da1fd991-33c9-46c9-ab72-c42951d8fd93

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.4097