5c West Virginia Statehood single

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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Description

This West Virginia Statehood Issue stamp commemorates the 100th anniversary of West Virginia’s admission into statehood. The territory obtained statehood in 1863. The territory was originally a part of the state of Virginia. As a result of the Wheeling Convention, West Virginia was the only state in the Union to secede from a Confederate state during the American Civil War. The stamp features an image of a map of West Virginia and its state capitol building.

United States; West Virginia; Virginia; statehood; state; territory; Wheeling Convention; secession; Union; Confederacy; American Civil War; war; map; capitol building; architecture

Date

June 20, 1963

Object number

1980.2493.5450

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (green, red, black); adhesive / engraving

Place

United States of America

West Virginia

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Maps

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8862d8f6a-d349-46a6-9a54-570eedbb15c8

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.5450