5c Henry David Thoreau single

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Printer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Depicts
Henry David Thoreau, American, 1817 - 1862
Description
This Henry David Thoreau Issue stamp depicts Henry David Thoreau, an American author, poet and philosopher. Born in Concord, Massachusetts in 1817, Thoreau is best known for his writings as part of the Transcendentalism movement, a philosophical view regarding nature, the individual and spirituality. Thoreau was also an abolitionist and naturalist.
United States; Massachusetts; Henry David Thoreau; transcendentalism; philosophy; religious; spiritual; movement; author; writer; poet; philosophy; abolitionist; naturalist; historian; simple; Ralph Waldo Emerson; civil disobedience; ethics; Walden Pond; portrait
July 12, 1967
Object number
1980.2493.5637
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (red, black, green); adhesive; tagging / engraving
Place
United States of America
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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 1327
National Postal Museum
Topic
Literature
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_1980.2493.5637
Metadata Usage (text)
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GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8035cdfbd-5e7d-471d-a1f3-cf4ae122723d
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