2000 33c The Stars and Stripes: Sons of Liberty Flag

U.S. #3403a
33¢ Sons of Liberty (1775)
The Stars and Stripes

Issue Date: June 14, 2000
City: Baltimore, MD
Quantity: 4,000,000
Printed by: Banknote of America
Printing Method: Lithographed
Perforations: 10.5 x 11
Color: Multicolored

The Stars and Stripes set of 20 stamps chronicles the development of the American flag from Colonial times to the present. Each flag has an interesting story behind it. The nine stripes of the vertical Sons of Liberty flag represent the nine colonies that participated in the Stamp Act Congress of 1765. The nine colonies are: Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, and South Carolina.