1953 Gadsden Purchase Stamps

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Browse TopicGovernment and PoliticsHistoric PreservationSubjectArizonaHistoryDescriptionThe United States Postal Service issued the Gadsen purchase commemorative stamp sheet in 1953. The sheet features stamps with illustration of people in a wagon being pulled by ox, a person ride alongside wagon on horseback with rifle in hand, in desert a landscape with saguaro. In the of the illustration there is a small map showing borders between California, Arizona, Mexico, New Mexico, Texas and the Rio Grande. The text at the top center of the illustration says “1853 GADSDEN PURCHASE” and “3c U.S. POSTAGE” at the bottom. The page of stamps is perforated to hold five across and ten down, each stamp is printed in red ink.Date Original1950Date Range1950s (1950-1959)TypePhysical ObjectOriginal FormatPostal cards|EnvelopesLanguageEnglishContributing InstitutionArizona Capitol MuseumCollectionArizona and the United States Postal ServiceRights StatementThis work has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.

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1953 Gadsden Purchase Stamps

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