Mississippi Territory 150th Anniversary Postcard and Postage Stamp, April 7, 1948

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Description

This postcard commemorates the one hundred and fiftieth anniversary Mississippi's designation as a United States Territory. A gold seal on the left contains the image of an eagle in the center with the text "Seal of the Mississippi Territory 1798" on the edge of the seal. The text below the seal quotes the statement made by President John Adams declaring the Mississippi Territory. A 1798 Mississippi Territory three cent postage stamp is in the upper right corner of the card and the postmark, dated April 7, 1948 in Natchez, Mississippi, also declares "first day of issue" for the postage stamp.

Publication Date

4-7-1948

Time Period

1940-1949

Subjects

Postage stamps; Postage-stamp collecting; States

Keywords

postage stamps; Mississippi Territory; Mississippi Statehood; philately; stamp collecting

Object Type

text

Format (original)

postcard

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

MFM_MSS_004_1948_Philately-150-Anniversary_01

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Archives and Special Collections Division, Manuscripts Unit, Hays-Ray-Webb Collection, Box 1, Folder 13

Repository

Manuscripts Unit

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Recommended Citation

Hays-Ray-Webb collection, Archives and Special Collections Division, Mississippi State University Libraries, Mississippi State University