4c New Mexico Statehood single
Object Details
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Description
- This New Mexico Statehood Issue stamp commemorates the 50th anniversary of New Mexico’s admission into statehood. The territory obtained statehood in 1912. As a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which signaled the end of the Mexican-American War, the United States received portions of New Mexico. Additional territory was added as a result of the Gadsden Purchase in 1853; it was the last major territorial acquisition in the contiguous United States. The stamp features an image of Shiprock, a geological formation in northwestern New Mexico.
- United States; New Mexico; Mexico; statehood; anniversary; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo; Mexican-American War; Gadsden Purchase; territory; Shiprock; geology; rock; formation; landscape; landmark
- January 6, 1962
- Object number
- 1980.2493.5402
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (blue, maroon, bister); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- New Mexico
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1191
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- The Environment
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.5402
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8dd7a31b0-d09d-449d-bde3-cbe787264258
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