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Gadsden Purchase Centennial Commemorative

Name: Gadsden Purchase Centennial Commemorative
Brand: United States

United States · 1953 · 3¢

The stamp features a map highlighting the Gadsden Purchase territory, flanked by portraits of James Gadsden and President Franklin Pierce.

This stamp commemorates the 100th anniversary of the Gadsden Purchase, a 1853 agreement that secured land from Mexico for the southern parts of Arizona and New Mexico, finalizing the continental U.S. border.

Printing Method

Engraved

Themes

commemorative history territorial-acquisition map portrait

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