Everglades National Park Postage Stamp

Everglades National Park Postage Stamp

Everglades Postage Stamp

Everglades (Fla.)

Everglades National Park (Fla.)

Postage stamps--United States

A postage stamp issued in 1947. Claude Pepper (1900-1989), then U.S. Senator from Florida, wrote Postmaster General Hannegan on July 9, 1947, to petition for a postage stamp to commemorate the dedication of the Everglades National Park. The Everglades National Park Commission had began efforts to produce such a stamp. John Pennekamp had found a former U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing (BEP) artist to translate ideas into a finished design to be rendered in "a pretty green" ink. BEP issued a design on October 20 and by December of that year, the resulting stamp featured an outline map of Florida and white heron.

Original 1.44 x 0.84 inch postage stamp, December 5, 1947: Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida.

1947-12-05

Digital reproduction of original 1.44 x 0.84 inch postage stamp, December 5, 1947.

Orlando Remembered Exhibit, Downtown Orlando Post Office, Downtown Orlando, Florida.

Downtown Orlando Post Office Collection, Orlando Remembered Collection, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.

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1.44 x 0.84 inch postage stamp

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Everglades National Park, Florida

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Originally published by the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing.

Copyright to this resource is held by the Orange County Regional History Center and is provided here by RICHES of Central Florida for educational purposes only.

Frye, Stephen

Cepero, Laura

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Hanmer, R. F. A Collector's Guide to U.S. Machine Postmarks, 1871-1925: With Examples of Later Types. North Miami, Fla. (P.O. Box 611388, North Miami 33261-1388): D.G. Phillips Pub. Co, 1989.

Everglades National Park
3 Cents
United States Postage

1 postage stamp

1.44 x 0.84 inches