5c John Muir single
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Object Details
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- John Muir, American, 1838 - 1914
- Description
- This John Muir Issue features a portrait of John Muir, Scottish-American naturalist and conservationist, and an image of a man standing in a forest of Redwood trees. He founded the Sierra Club, the oldest and largest environmental organizations in the United States. Muir was interested in botanical and geological studies; an Alaskan glacier Muir discovered in 1879 is named after him.
- United States; Scotland; John Muir; naturalist; conservationist; geologist; botanist; engineer; writer; Sierra Club; nature; Redwood; tree; forest; glacier; portrait
- April 29, 1964
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5476
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (brown, green, yellow green, olive); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1245
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- The Environment
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5476
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm891913e9e-0670-40e5-9cd5-5682053497e8
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