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]. Under the text in the top left-hand quadrant there is a pale-yellow square radiating pale yellow lines across the rest of the page. There is also a pale-yellow horizontal bar across the bottom half of the page. The print is hand signed by the artist at bottom right: [Gail Anderson].

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