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4c Abraham Lincoln plate proof
Smithsonian National Postal Museum — Bureau Plate Proofs · US · English · 1954
Catalog record
| Line | US |
|---|---|
| Set / series | Smithsonian National Postal Museum — Bureau Plate Proofs |
| Language | English |
| Year | 1954 |
| Date | November 19, 1954 |
| Kind | stamp |
| Place | United States of America |
| Scott | USA 1036c |
| Medium | paper; ink (red violet) / wet printing engraving |
| Region | us |
| Npm record | npm_0.242263.15863 |
| Description | The definitive series of 1954-68 included Abraham Lincoln on the 4¢ value. When it was originally issued, this stamp paid the 'additional ounce' rate for surface letters to Europe (5¢ for the first ounce plus 4¢ for each additional ounce). Then, on August 1, 1958, the domestic first-class letter rate rose from 3¢ to 4¢, and this became the most heavily used stamp in America literally overnight! The Liberty Series, as the 1954-68 issue is known, were intended to have "warm portraits" of their subjects as opposed to the customary busts. The design of this stamp was adapted from a 1917 portrait of Lincoln by Douglas Volk in the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
| Oracle ID | 36593665 |
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Source credit: Smithsonian National Postal Museum