15c Robert F. Kennedy single
Object Details
- Description
- The 15-cent Robert F. Kennedy commemorative stamp was first available on January 12, 1979, in the District of Columbia.
- Robert F. Kennedy (1925-1968) was the younger brother of John F. Kennedy, 35th president of the United Sates (1960-1963). He attended Harvard University (1948) and the University of Virginia Law School (1951), and he served as attorney general during the Kennedy presidency. When Lyndon B. Johnson, John Kennedy's vice president and successor, decided not to run for re-election in 1968, Robert Kennedy began his campaign for the presidency. He was assassinated at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles on June 6, 1968, by an Arab immigrant, Sirhan Sirhan.
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- January 12, 1979
- Object number
- 1985.0021.2459
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink ( ); adhesive
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1770
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Political Figures
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1985.0021.2459
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8ca782a42-0b0a-4417-b5fc-3131ade9f3ec
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