Gadsden Purchase Commemorative

United States · 1953 · 3¢

The stamp features a map highlighting the Gadsden Purchase territory, bordered by a desert landscape with a saguaro cactus, commemorating the 100th anniversary of the acquisition.

Issued in 1953, this stamp marks the centennial of the Gadsden Purchase, a significant land acquisition by the United States from Mexico in 1854 that added territory to what would become Arizona and New Mexico.