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1954 4c Liberty Series: Abraham Lincoln
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U.S. #1036
4¢ Abraham Lincoln
Liberty Series
Issue Date: November 19, 1954
City: New York, NY
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Color: Red violet
U.S. #1036 is part of the Liberty Series, a set of definitive stamps issued to replace the 1938 Presidential Series. This 4-cent red violet stamp was issued on November 19, 1954, in New York, New York, and was printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing using the rotary press method. The portrait of Lincoln on the stamp was designed by Charles R. Chickering of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, inspired by a photograph of an original portrait by artist Douglas Volk. When the first-class postage rate rose from three cents to four cents on August 1, 1958, the Lincoln stamp became the most widely used stamp in the country.
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky in 1809 and grew up on the frontier in Indiana and Illinois. Largely self-educated, he taught himself law and built a career as a lawyer and Illinois state legislator before entering national politics. He won the presidential election of 1860, and by the time he took office in March 1861, seven Southern states had already broken away from the Union to form the Confederacy.
Lincoln led the country through four years of Civil War, determined to preserve the Union and end slavery. In 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring enslaved people in Confederate states to be free. He was reelected in 1864 and lived to see the war end, but was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865, just five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered. Lincoln is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in American history.
U.S. #1036
4¢ Abraham Lincoln
Liberty Series
Issue Date: November 19, 1954
City: New York, NY
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10½
Color: Red violet
U.S. #1036 is part of the Liberty Series, a set of definitive stamps issued to replace the 1938 Presidential Series. This 4-cent red violet stamp was issued on November 19, 1954, in New York, New York, and was printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing using the rotary press method. The portrait of Lincoln on the stamp was designed by Charles R. Chickering of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, inspired by a photograph of an original portrait by artist Douglas Volk. When the first-class postage rate rose from three cents to four cents on August 1, 1958, the Lincoln stamp became the most widely used stamp in the country.
Abraham Lincoln was born in a log cabin in Kentucky in 1809 and grew up on the frontier in Indiana and Illinois. Largely self-educated, he taught himself law and built a career as a lawyer and Illinois state legislator before entering national politics. He won the presidential election of 1860, and by the time he took office in March 1861, seven Southern states had already broken away from the Union to form the Confederacy.
Lincoln led the country through four years of Civil War, determined to preserve the Union and end slavery. In 1863, he issued the Emancipation Proclamation, declaring enslaved people in Confederate states to be free. He was reelected in 1864 and lived to see the war end, but was assassinated by John Wilkes Booth at Ford's Theatre in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865, just five days after Confederate General Robert E. Lee surrendered. Lincoln is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents in American history.
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