American Falls from Goat Island, Niagara Falls, NY
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hykesj
N 43° 04.987 W 079° 04.262
17T E 657017 N 4771849
A view of Niagara Falls from Goat Island appears on this regular issue postage stamp from 1922.
Waymark Code: WM15226
Location: New York, United States
Date Posted: 09/29/2021
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The first U.S. postage stamps featured portraits of early Presidents and Benjamin Franklin, the first postmaster of the United States. In 1869, the Post Office Department experimented with pictures other than portraits of Washington and Franklin such as historical events, patriotic symbols, a ship and a locomotive. The public hated them. The next year, they were replaced with stamps showing only portraits. It would be over fifty years before pictures would return to regular (non-commemorative) postage stamps again. And when they did, Niagara Falls was chosen as one of the pictorial scenes.
Issued in 1922, this stamp’s design was supposedly based on a 1901 photograph taken from Goat Island. Curiously, the stamp does not show the Honeymoon Bridge which would have been present at that time. Either the photo was taken earlier, or the stamp’s designer decided to omit the bridge to give the scene a more natural look. In any event, this stamp was in service until 1938 when it was replaced with a stamp featuring a portrait (of President William McKinley).
Niagara Falls is the largest waterfall in North America and lies on the border between the U.S. and Canada. It has appeared on numerous postage stamps of both countries.
Stamp Issuing Country: United States
Date of Issue: 11-Nov-1922
Denomination: 25c
Color: yellow green
Stamp Type: Single Stamp
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