13c John F. Kennedy single

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Printer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Depicts
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, American, 1917 - 1963
Description
This Prominent Americans Issue stamp depicts John F. Kennedy, the thirty-sixth President of the United States. He was born in Massachusetts in 1917. He served during the Second World War as the commander of a PT boat in the Pacific Theater. In 1946, he was elected to the United State House of Representatives and later, the United States Senate in 1952. He won the nomination for president, and narrowly the election against Richard Nixon, in 1960. He was assassinated by Lee Harvey Oswald during a motorcade procession in Dallas, Texas on November 22, 1963.
United States; Massachusetts; John F. Kennedy; House of Representatives; Senate; President; Second World War; Bay of Pigs; Profiles in Courage; Pulitzer Prize; author; politician; assassination; Lee Harvey Oswald; portrait
May 29, 1967
Object number
1980.2493.5562
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (brown); adhesive; tagging / engraving
Place
United States of America
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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 1287
National Postal Museum
Topic
Political Figures
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_1980.2493.5562
Metadata Usage (text)
Usage conditions apply
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm86d903ae4-73c3-45f4-ad8e-fd36c773f7b6
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