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Gettysburg 1863 - The Civil War

Civil War Sesquicentennial

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue May 23, 2013
Year 2013
Quantity 5,400,000
Denomination
First-Class Forever Commemorative
Denomination Value $0.46
Perforation or Dimension 2.1405 x 1.1978 in./54.37 x 30.42 mm
Series Civil War Sesquicentennial
Series Time Span 2011 - 2015
Issue Location Vicksburg, MS 39180 (National Military Park) and Gettysburg, PA 19325 (National Military Park)
Postal Administration United States

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Souvenir Sheet of 12 (2 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 900,000
Original Purchase Price: $5.52
SKU: 578900
Dimension: 8.88 x 6.75 in./225.55 x 171.45 mm
Printer: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU)
Printed at: Williamsville, NY
Printing Process: Offset
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Nonphosphored, Type III, Block Tag
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Cancelled Full Pane (gettysburg)

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $8.02
SKU: 578918
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Cancelled Full Pane (vicksburg)

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $8.02
SKU: 578919
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Press Sheet Without Die Cuts

Quantity Produced - 2,500
Original Purchase Price: $33.12
SKU: 578908
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Press Sheet With Die Cuts

Quantity Produced - 2,500
Original Purchase Price: $33.12
SKU: 578906
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First-day Cover Set of 2 (1 Vicksburg, 1 Gettysburg)

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.80
SKU: 578916
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Digital Color Postmark Set of 2 (1 Vicksburg, 1 Gettysburg)

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $3.22
SKU: 578921
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Ceremony Program (2 Stamps, 2 Cancels)

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 578930
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Folio

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $15.95
SKU: 578927
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Commemorative Panels

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $17.95
SKU: 578933
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Keepsake (souvenir Sheet & Digital Color Postmark Set of 2)

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Original Purchase Price: $8.95
SKU: 578910
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About Stamp

On May 23, 2013, in Vicksburg, Mississippi, at the Vicksburg National Military Park, and at the Gettysburg National Military Park in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, the Postal Service™ will issue a Civil War: 1863 (Forever® priced at 46 cents) commemorative se-tenant First-Class Mail® stamp pair (two designs) in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) souvenir sheet of 12 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide May 23, 2013.

The Civil War (1861-1865), the most profound conflict in American history, claimed the lives of more than 620,000 soldiers and brought vast changes to the country. The Postal Service continues its commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the war by issuing a souvenir sheet of two stamp designs for 2013.

One stamp depicts the Battle of Gettysburg, the largest battle of the war, while the other depicts the Battle of Vicksburg, a complex Union campaign to gain control of the Mississippi River.

Art director Phil Jordan created the stamps using iconic images of the battles. The Battle of Gettysburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1887 chromolithograph by Thure de Thulstrup (1848-1930), a Swedish-born artist who became an illustrator for Harper’s Weekly after the Civil War. Thulstrup’s work was one of a series of popular prints commissioned in the 1880s by Boston publisher Louis Prang & Co. to commemorate the Civil War.

The Battle of Vicksburg stamp is a reproduction of an 1863 lithograph by Currier & Ives titled “Admiral Porter’s Fleet Running the Rebel Blockade of the Mississippi at Vicksburg, April 16th, 1863.”

The background image on the souvenir sheet is a photograph taken by Mathew Brady shortly after the Battle of Gettysburg of captured Confederate soldiers, who reportedly posed for Brady on Seminary Ridge.

The souvenir sheet includes comments on the war by Abraham Lincoln, Clara Barton, Rufus R. Dawes (a Union soldier), and William Tunnard (a Confederate soldier). It also includes some of the lyrics of “Lorena,” a popular Civil War song by Henry D. L. Webster and Joseph P. Webster.

The Battle of Gettysburg and Battle of Vicksburg stamps are being issued as self-adhesive Forever® stamps on souvenir sheets of 12 (6 of each design).

Creators

Designer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Typographer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22361. Copyright: USPS.

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