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