Tuesday, July 30, 2013

America Man?

 The world philatelic exhibition was in Washington D.C. in 2006. I nabbed 2 souvenir sheets from a friend at the club.  http://stampsandcovers.blogspot.com/search?q=washington+2006       I came across this used $5 stamp today which is the same $5 stamp on the souvenir sheet. I guess it's a personification of America. Perhaps one of the countless native North Americans that was slaughtered and gone to the great unknown and crowned in glory with stars and feather headdress. The style of the print reminds me of the U.S. Lewis and Clark stamps released by the U.S.P.S.. I'm not going to soak this off the thin cardboard it was affixed to for now, I'll just keep it as is, maybe trim up the boardpaper.

Edit...Gordon from FB's stamp collecting group came through once again for me on this blog and pointed out to me that the emblem beneath the "America Man" is an error. It's actually the freedom statue depicted. Here's what he shared a link of. Thank's Gordon, http://stampsandcovers.blogspot.com/2013/07/america-man.html?spref=fb






JimmyB

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