8c Statue of Liberty single

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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Description

This Liberty Issue stamp depicts the State of Liberty. The statue was designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi as a gift to the United States from France. The statue is of the Roman goddess of freedom, Libertas, holding a torch and a tablet which is inscribed with the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. The statue was completed in Paris in 1884 and unveiled in New York Harbor in 1886.

United States; France; Statue of Liberty; freedom; Declaration of Independence; Paris; New York; Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi; Gustave Eiffel; Richard Morris Hunt

Date

April 9, 1954

Object number

1980.2493.5095

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

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

Dimensions

Height x Width: 1 x 7/8 in. (2.54 x 2.22 cm)

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Architecture

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

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Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm86e8af5f9-40d5-42d2-8bd8-69bd5c33c983

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.5095