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Mint Sheets of Lincoln Stamps

Creator:
United States Postal Service
Location:
Washington, D. C.
Origin Date:
1942-1965
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 12 1/16 in x 10 in x 3/16 in
Item ID:
71.2009.082.0774
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Three-dimensional Objects

Description

A brown folder titled "Mint Sheet File" holds 16 different United States postage stamp sheets related to President Abraham Lincoln. The stamp sheets are housed in glassine sleeves bound together at the fold line of the folder. Four different issues of Lincoln Lore are included with the stamp sheets to give more information about the events they are commemorating and the locations of the first days of issue. The commemorative Lincoln stamp sheets are the: Sun Yat-Sen stamp issued in 1942 (see Lincoln Lore of July 20, 1942, #693, for more information) 16-cent Lincoln stamp 3-cent purple stamp issued for the 75th Anniversary of the 13 th Amendment (see Lincoln Lore of August 2, 1948, #1008, for more information) 3-cent blue-green stamp issued for the 75th Anniverary of Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (see Lincoln Lore of August 2, 1948, #1008, for more information) 3-cent green Mt. Rushmore stamp issued for the 25th Anniversary of sculptor Gutzon Borglum beginning work on the colossal sculpture (see Lincoln Lore of August 11, 1952, #1218 for more information) 4-cent purple Lincoln stamp (see Lincoln Lore of November 22, 1952, #1337, for more information) 4-cent brown Lincoln-Douglas Debates stamp issued in 1958 1-cent green A. Lincoln stamp 3-cent rose-colored A. Lincoln stamp 4-cent blue Lincoln Memorial statue A. Lincoln stamp 4-cent A. Lincoln Credo stamp with quotation 5-cent Appomattox Civil War Centennial stamp 4-cent black and white Lincoln stamp 5-cent "The Wilderness" Civil War Centennial stamp 15-cent Montgomery Blair U. S. Air Mail stamp issued in 1963 Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum