4c Arizona Statehood single

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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Description

This Arizona Statehood Issue stamp commemorates the 50th anniversary of Arizona’s admission into statehood. The territory obtained statehood in 1912. As a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which signaled the end of the Mexican-American War, the United States received portions of Arizona. Additional territory was added as a result of the Gadsden Purchase in 1853. The stamp features an image of a desert landscape at night, the moon in the background and two Giant Saguaro Cactus.

United States; Arizona; Mexico; statehood; territory; anniversary; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; Mexican-American War; Gadsden Purchase; desert; landscape; saguaro cactus; moon; sky; stars

Date

February 14, 1962

Object number

1980.2493.5404

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (carmine, violet blue, green); adhesive / engraving

Place

Arizona

United States of America

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Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

The Environment

Plants

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

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Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm80b5c3e07-7fbd-4cdc-8fe3-025a96233804

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.5404