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January 9,1788
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Connecticut
1988
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CONNECTICUT
First Day of Issue: January 9, 1988
First Issue Location: Hartford, Connecticut
Two hundred years ago, the people of Connecticut were
faced with a decision: should they ratify the Constitution
set before them? One of the delegates and a signer, Roger
Sherman, wrote eloquently, “... The Convention en-
deavoured to provide for the energy of government on
the one hand, and suitable checks on the other hand,
to secure the rights of the particular states, and the liber-
ties and properties of the citizens. We wish it may ... be
a means of securing their rights and lengthening out their
tranquility." And as the State Convention convened, he
offered “... The Greatest security that a people can
have ... is that no laws can be made to bind them nor
any taxes be imposed upon them without their consent
by representatives of their own choosing ..." Thus, con-
vinced of the soundness of the document, Connecticut
became the fifth state to ratify the Constitution. The stamp
on this Maximum Card honors Connecticut and the 200
years of history which followed.
No. 88-2
a* 1641-1841 * UNITED STATES
CONSTITUT
Welbe
People
SOCENTENNIA
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1988 The Maximum Card Collection
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Original painting by Shannon Stirnweis.
An Official Maximum Card of
the Commission on the Bicentennial
of the United States Constitution
