3c Supreme Court Building single
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Object Details
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Description
- This National Capital Sesquicentennial Issue stamp commemorates the 150th anniversary of the establishment of National Capital of Washington, DC. This stamp features the Supreme Court Building. For many years after the capital moved to the District of Columbia, the court met in the Capitol Building. The building was built in 1935 and designed by Cass Gilbert.
- United States; Supreme Court; US Capitol Building; justice; judicial; law; building; capital; architecture; Washington, DC; District of Columbia
- August 2, 1950
- Object number
- 1980.2493.4093
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (light violet); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- District of Columbia
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 991
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Architecture
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.4093
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8f25c2d7e-b19e-4690-a3e1-93e9d89dd3d2
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