3c Railroad Engineers single
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Object Details
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Casey Jones, American, 1864-1900
- Description
- This Railroad Engineers Issue stamp features a portrait of John Luther “Casey” Jones and trains from 1900 and 1950. Jones was a locomotive engineer that was involved in a train wreck near Vaughan, Mississippi. He died in the accident, but saved the lives of the passengers and crew by staying with his train and reducing the speed before collision. The stamp was issued to honor the Railroad Engineers of America.
- United States; Casey Jones; locomotive; railroad; train; engineer; accident; portrait
- April 29, 1950
- Object number
- 1980.2493.4097
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (violet brown); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- Mississippi
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 993
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Trains
- Organizations & Associations
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.4097
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8da1fd991-33c9-46c9-ab72-c42951d8fd93
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