Object Details
- Description
- This Fort Bliss Centennial Issue stamp commemorates the establishment of Fort Bliss, a United States Army post, in El Paso, Texas. The stamp features an image of the desert landscape, Fort Bliss and a rocket firing. The base has been as a missile testing site.
- United States; Fort Bliss; El Paso; Texas; Army; military; desert; rocket; missile; science
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Date
- November 5, 1948
- Medium
- paper; ink (henna brown); adhesive / engraving
- Type
- Postage Stamps
