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150th Stamp Issued

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Summary

The new Smithsonian 150th Anniversary stamp is issued. There was a short ceremony in Baird Auditorium unvailing the stamp and sheets of the new stamp and envelopes with first-day cancellations were available for sale in the Rotunda of the National Museum of Natural History.

Subject

  • Baird Auditorium
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Research File, "The Torch," March 1996, p. 4.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

February 7, 1996

Topic

  • Postage stamps
  • First day covers (Philately)
  • Commemorative postage stamps
  • Rotundas

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