4c Workmen's Compensation Law single

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Printer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Description
This Workmen’s Compensation Issue stamp commemorates the 50th anniversary of the first successful Workmen’s Compensation Law, enacted by the Wisconsin legislature. It is a form of insurance that deals with the right of working people to receive compensation for personal injury while on the job. It was upheld by the Supreme Court. The stamp features an image of the scales of justice, with a factory and a family in each scale.
United States; Wisconsin; worker; job; employment; compensation; insurance; injury; legislature; law; act; Supreme Court; man; woman; child; justice; scales
September 4, 1961
Object number
1980.2493.5392
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (ultramarine); adhesive / engraving
Place
United States of America
Wisconsin
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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 1186
National Postal Museum
Topic
Humanitarian Causes
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_1980.2493.5392
Metadata Usage (text)
Usage conditions apply
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8a41904f9-3fac-4ce6-9fca-36272945e8ff

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