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
- 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
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1192
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- The Environment
- Plants
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5404
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm80b5c3e07-7fbd-4cdc-8fe3-025a96233804
