50c Susan B. Anthony single
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Object Details
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Susan B. Anthony, American, 1820 - 1906
- Description
- This Liberty Issue stamp depicts Susan B. Anthony. She was born in Adams, Massachusetts in 1820. Anthony became involved in the anti-slavery and temperance movements at an early age. Inspired by Lucy Stone’s closing speech at the first National Women’s Rights Convention, and after being introduced to Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Anthony joined the women’s rights movement and championed women’s suffrage.
- United States; Massachusetts; Susan B. Anthony; Quaker; feminist; civil rights; leader; anti-slavery; temperance; Lucy Stone; Elizabeth Cady Stanton; women’s rights; equal rights; suffrage; vote; equality; portrait
- April 1958
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5119
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (bright purple); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1051
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Humanitarian Causes
- Organizations & Associations
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5119
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8f22ac8b9-f575-4fba-8709-02eb3049da7e
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