50c Lucy Stone single

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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Depicts

Lucy Blackwell Stone, American, 1818 - 1893

Description

This Prominent Americans Issue stamp depicts Lucy Stone, an American orator, abolitionist and suffragist. She wrote, and spoke, extensively about women’s rights. She helped organize the first National Women’s Rights Convention and was the co-founder of the American Woman Suffrage Association.

United States; Massachusetts; Lucy Stone; orator; speaker; abolitionist; suffragist; anti-slavery; women’s rights; National Women’s Rights Convention; American Suffrage Association; Woman’s Journal; activist; woman; politics; reformer; portrait

Date

August 13, 1968

Object number

1980.2493.5574

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (rose magenta); adhesive / engraving

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Humanitarian Causes

Women's Heritage

Organizations & Associations

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

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Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8a1bba5af-84f6-47b8-acd0-21d43a2866e7

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.5574