3c Statue of Liberty single

National Postal Museum

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
June 24, 1954
Object number
1980.2493.5083
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (deep violet); adhesive / engraving
Place
United States of America
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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 1035a
National Postal Museum
Topic
Architecture
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_1980.2493.5083
Metadata Usage (text)
Usage conditions apply
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm87d2295c7-f871-4d14-80ec-9efc8725c1b3

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