Poster
- Object Name:
- Poster
- Object ID:
- 1988.050
- Creator:
- United States Postal Service
- Date:
- 1988
- Description:
- Framed photographic color enlargement of commemorative postage stamp honoring bicentennial of New Hampshire's ratification of the U.S. Constitution on June 21, 1788. Stamp size is 8.5" x 5.5". Stamp depicts Old Man of the Mountain and is imprinted "25 / USA / June 21, 1788 / New Hampshire". Words "Collect Stamps" below stamp. White mat with an actual stamp and Concord, N.H., postmark dated June 21, 1988, with first day of issue cancellation. Concord postmaster's signature in bottom left corner of mat. In wooden frame with silver interior molding, glazed. Printing hidden by mat: "Discover new heights" at top; "Available June 22, Poster 620. Post: June 13, Remove, July 22, (copyright symbol of "c" in circle) 1988 U. S. P. S. "All Rights Reserved" at bottom.
- Material:
- Paper
- Dimensions:
- H-14 W-10 inches
- Credit Line:
- Gift of the United States Postal Service
- Subjects:
- Bicentennial, Old Man of the Mountain, White Mountains
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