1944 US Telegraph Centenary Stamp

United States · 1944 · 3¢

The stamp features a portrait of Samuel F. B. Morse demonstrating his telegraph, with a map illustrating the first telegraph line between Washington D.C. and Baltimore, and the famous first message 'What hath God wrought?'.

Issued to mark the 100th anniversary of the first telegraph message sent by Samuel F. B. Morse on May 24, 1844, this stamp celebrates a landmark achievement in global communication.