Issue Date: April 5, 1956
City:  Booker T. Washington Birthplace, Virginia
Quantity: 121,184,600
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printi...  more

Issue Date: April 5, 1956
City:  Booker T. Washington Birthplace, Virginia
Quantity: 121,184,600
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method:  Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10 ½
Color:  Deep blue

 

U.S. # 1074 was issued to honor the 100th birth anniversary of Booker T. Washington, first president of the Tuskegee Institute. Washington was born a slave on April 5, 1856, on the farm of James Burroughs, in Franklin County, Virginia. The location has been made into a National Park. The post office located there was the site where this commemorative stamp was issued. The log cabin shown on the stamp is a replica built at the plantation.