1943 1c Liberty Holding the Lighted Torch of Freedom and Enlightenment

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U.S. #908
1¢ Four Freedoms

Issue Date: February 12, 1943
City: Washington, D.C.
Quantity: 1,234,918,200
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10.5
Color: Bright blue green

President Franklin Roosevelt personally selected the image for U.S. #908. He believed that the stamp should convey to the world the reasons the U.S. had joined the war the Four Freedoms outlined in his 1941 State of the Union address.

For the stamp design, President Roosevelt selected Paul Manships painting, Liberty Holding the Lighted Torch of Freedom and Enlightenment. Unlike the previous World War II issues, the Four Freedoms stamp was positively received by stamp collectors and the public, who felt the stamp perfectly embodied the ideas it presented.