Object Details
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Henry Tompkins Paige Comstock, Canadian American, 1820 - 1870
- Description
- This Silver Centennial Issue stamp commemorates the discovery of silver at the Comstock Lode in the Utah Territory, which is present day Nevada. Comstock Lode sparked a silver rush and was one of the largest and richest silver mining ventures in the United States. Several mining camps, including Virginia City and Gold Hill, were established in its vicinity. The stamp depicts a seen of Henry Comstock, of which the lode is name, along with two other men and a horse, at the mining location on Mount Davidson.
- United States; Utah Territory; Nevada; Mount Davidson; Virginia Range; Comstock Lode; Henry T.P. Comstock; silver; gold; mining; rush; lode; ore; mineral; Virginia City; Gold Hill; camp; man; horse; landscape
- June 8, 1959
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5275
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (black); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- Nevada
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1130
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- The Environment
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5275
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm875cf5972-1db9-49ec-ae0b-67c2bd264aae
