Print for the USPS Emancipation Proclamation Forever Stamp

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A print for the USPS Emancipation Proclamation Forever Stamp. The rectangular sheet has a white background and is covered in text in black ink that reads [HENCEFORWARD / SHALL BE / FREE / EMANCIPATION / PROCLAMATION / ABRAHAM LINCOLN / ***1863*** / FOREVER*** USA]. The immediate background to the text is done in horizontal swaths of yellow, green and blue colors, with some patches of reddish orange. They are applied to the sheet in broad horizontal strokes that have uneven strokes at the margins. The print is hand signed by the artist at bottom right: [Gail Anderson].

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