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
- 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
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1232
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Maps
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5450
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8862d8f6a-d349-46a6-9a54-570eedbb15c8
