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Harriet Tubman was featured in the Civil War commemorative sheet of 20. Tubman, "Moses", was a conductor on the Underground Railroad, recruited for John Brown, and served as a Union spy. [39] 1995 issue. [40] Mary Chesnut was featured in the Civil War commemorative sheet of 20.
[3] [4] The first US stamp honoring an American woman honored Martha Washington, and it was issued in 1902. [5] [6] In 1907, Pocahontas became the first Native American woman (and the first Native American) to be honored on a US stamp. [7] In 1978, Harriet Tubman became the first African-American woman to be honored on a US stamp. [8]
Through the years, a person has had to be deceased before their face appeared on a stamp, [1] though the USPS will document that a stamp has commemorated people, living or deceased, without including their actual face on the stamp – such as the image of a yellow submarine from the 1969 eponymous album cover shown on the 1999 stamp [2 ...
Under the 2022 Harriet Tubman Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act (Public Law 117-163), the U.S. Mint was directed to issue $5 gold coins, $1 silver coins and half-dollar clad coins as part of the ...
Rep. Joyce Beatty, D-Ohio, and members of the Congressional Black Caucus, speak with reporters at the House Democratic Caucus Issues Conference in Philadelphia, Pa., on Thursday, March 10, 2022.
Harriet Tubman, American abolitionist leader, was born in 1820, and contributed to the freedom of over 700 slaves during her service with the U.S. Army. - MPI/Archive Photos/Getty Images
This is a list of the highest known prices paid for philatelic items, including stamps and covers. The current record price for a single stamp is US$9,480,000 paid for the British Guiana 1c magenta. [1] [2] This list is ordered by consumer price index inflation-adjusted value (in bold) in millions of United States dollars in 2023.
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