FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
GENERAL
STEPHEN W. KEARNY
100TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE ACQUISITION
OF NEW MEXICO
SANTA F
FE,
OCT.
16
IN THE SUMMER OF 1846, GENERAL KEARNY
AND HIS MISSOURI VOLUNTEERS MARCHED
FROM FT. LEAVENWORTH OVER THE OLD SANTA FE
TRAIL AND TOOK POSSESSION OF NEW MEXICO
9:00 AM
1946
N. MEX
STEPHEN WATTS
KEARNY
EXPEDITION
USPOSTACE
FIRST DAYO6 ES SUA 1946-34
FE