U.S. #1581
1977 1¢ Inkwell and Quill
Americana Series
Issue Date: December 8, 1977
City: St. Louis, MO
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary press
Perforation: 11 x 10 ½
Color: Dark blue
“A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art.” – Henry David Thoreau 1854
U.S. #1592
1977 10¢ Justice
Americana Series
Issue Date: November 17, 1977
City: New York, NY
Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary press
Perforation: 11 x 10 ½
Color: Violet
This stamp features the statue “Contemplation of Justice,” by well-known American sculptor James Earle Fraser. Fraser also designed the buffalo nickel issued by the U.S. Treasury in 1913.