Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial - Marietta, Ohio
N 39° 24.941 W 081° 27.462
17S E 460599 N 4363006
This stamp commemorates the Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial by depicting the Gutzon Borglum statue found in Marietta, Ohio.
Waymark Code: WMDYJX
Location: Ohio, United States
Date Posted: 03/09/2012
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The central design of this stamp depicts the Memorial to the “Start Westward of the United States” or “Colonization of the West” statue sculpted by Gutzon Borglum in 1938. The memorial symbolizes the colonization of the West and is located in Marietta, Ohio. On the stamp, at the base of the statue in raised Gothic letters, is the wording “Northwest Territory Sesquicentennial,” arranged in two lines. The stamp has a single line frame and is without background. In the upper left corner in dark gothic is the denomination “3¢.” In a corresponding position in the upper right corner in dark Gothic is the date “1788,” with “1938” underneath. In a narrow panel with dark ground along the base of the stamp is the inscription “U.S. Postage” in white Roman.
The stamp was first sold on July 15, 1938, at Marietta, Ohio, where the first civil government in the Northwest Territory was established. There were 65,939,500 stamps printed by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing on a rotary press. It is perforated 11 x 10.5.
The Continental Congress officially established the Northwest Territory (known then as the Territory Northwest of the River Ohio) on July 13, 1787. The territory was made of land west of Pennsylvania between the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers. This territory was eventually divided into the states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin and part of Minnesota. The policies for the government and the sale of land in the territory set precedents for settling public lands across the country.
Stamp Issuing Country: United States
Date of Issue: July 15, 1938
Denomination: 3¢
Color: bright violet
Stamp Type: Single Stamp
Relevant Web Site: Not listed
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