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ADR 4
1324N
1925
LFRTNGTON-CONCORDu E
MASS
CELEBRATION
1925
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KIEINGTON-CONGORD
THE CONCORD
MINUTE MAN
1926
JUNCTION
OF THE CONCORD FIGHT
APR 19 150IH ANNIVERSARY
Back:
1c Washington at Cambridge
First Day of Issue: April 4, 1925. Number of First Day Covers cancelled:
unknown. Number of stamps printed: 15,615,000. First Day Cities: Boston,
Cambridge, Concord, Concord Junction, and Lexington, Massachusetts;
Washington, D. C. Printing: Deep green by steel engraving. Designed by: C.A.
Huston, based on a "photoglyptic" chart, once owned by the Cambridge Public
Library. Engraved by: F. Pauling, E. M. Weeks, L. S. Schonfield, and J. Benzing.
About the stamp: The stamp was issued as the first of a set of three
commemoratives to celebrate the sesquicentennial of the Battles of Lexington
and Concord, Massachusetts, the first skirmish of the Revolutionary War. The
battles took place April 19, 1775. Shown is a view of the military formation
which took place later at nearby Cambridge upon the occasion of General
George Washington assuming command, at the direction of the Continental
Congress, of the American Army.
facsimile
JIIst day covers an actual-size reproduction of a rare First Day Cover for philatelic
and educational purposes by FLEETWOOD, Cheyenne, Wyoming 82008 © 1975
