Object Details
- Description
- A 22-cent commemorative stamp honoring the sesquicentennial of the Republic of Texas was issued both in San Antonio and at Washington-on-the-Brazos Texas State Historical Park, Texas, on March 2, 1986. On that date 150 years ago, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.
- The San Antonio dedication ceremony was held outside the Postal Service's downtown station, the city's original main post office. It is just north of the Alamo, the mission-fortress which is the symbol of Texas' historic struggle for freedom in 1836. Washington-on-the-Brazos is the site of the signing of Texas' Declaration of Independence from Mexico.
- Don Adair of Richardson, Texas, designed the stamp, which features the central portion of the state flag. The white Lone Star on a blue field is at top left, which the flag's broad red and white bands angled downward to the right. In silver, near the center of the stamp, is a spur believed to have belonged to defeated Mexican General Santa Anna. It was given to Sam Houston, Texas' victorious commander and first president of the Republic.
- "USA 22" is printed in one line of white type at the top right of the vertically oriented stamp, and "San Jacinto 1836" is printed in a single line of white type across the bottom to denote the site and date of the victory which secured Texas' independence.
- The stamps were printed in the photogravure process by the American Bank Note Co. and issued in panes of fifty.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (February 6, 1986).
- mint
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- March 2, 1986
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Medium
- paper; ink (dark blue, dark red, grayish black); adhesive / photogravure
- Type
- Postage Stamps
