Issue Date: April 7, 1948 City: Natchez, MS Quantity: 122,650,500 Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Printing Method: Rotary Press Perforations: 11 x 10 1/2 Color: Brown violet
U.S. #955 commemorates the 150th anniversary of the establishment of the Mississippi Territory. The stamp pictures an outline of the territory, the state as it is today, the seal of the Mississippi Territory, and Governor Winthrop Sargent, the territorys first governor.