USPS issues collectable stamp sheet reprinted from original 1923 stamp engraving to commemorate world's largest stamp show
The U.S. Postal Service commemorates the world's largest stamp show—the Washington 2006 World Philatelic Exhibition—by issuing the Washington 2006 souvenir sheet on Memorial Day. The commemorative stamp sheet contains reproductions of three historic United States postage stamps originally issued in 1923—the $1 Lincoln Memorial, the $2 U.S. Capitol and the $5 Statue of Freedom that stands atop the Capitol's dome. They are produced from the original 1923 dies created by the Bureau of Engraving and Printing and issued in their original denominations.
USPS.COM
May 29, 2006
