USPS press sheet of twenty Emancipation Proclamation Freedom stamps
date: label: Date
content: 2013
name: label: Issued by
content: United States Postal Service, American, founded 1775
label: Designed by
content: Gail Anderson, American, born 1962
label: Subject of
content: President Abraham Lincoln, American, 1809 - 1865
notes: label: Description
content: This is a United States Postal Service postage stamp sheet of Emancipation Proclamation Freedom stamps designed by Gail Anderson. There are twenty stamps on the sheet, which constitutes a book of stamps. The book has the word “FREEDOM” on the left side of the sheet. Each individual stamp is covered in text in black and red ink and reads “HENCEFORWARD/ SHALL BE/ FREE/ EMANCIPATION/ PROCLAMATION/ ABRAHAM LINCOLN/ ***1863***/ FOREVER*** USA.” The phrase “Shall be free” and the name “Abraham Lincoln” are in red, the rest of the text is in black ink. The reverse of each book has dense black text that gives historical background about the Emancipation Proclamation.
place: label: Place depicted
content: United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Art
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Emancipation
label: Topic
content: Government
label: Topic
content: Graphic design
label: Topic
content: U.S. History, Civil War, 1861-1865
setName: label: See more items in
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Gail Anderson
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2020.11.39
objectType: label: Type
content: postage stamps
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: © United States Postal Service
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: ink on paper (fiber product) with adhesive
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 7 × 7 1/2 in. (17.8 × 19.1 cm)