Issue Date: August 2, 1948 City: Niagara Falls, NY Quantity: 113,474,500 Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing Printing Method: Rotary Press Perforations: 11 x 10 1/2 Color: Blue
U.S. #961 commemorates 100 years of U.S. friendship with Canada. The stamp pictures the old Niagara Railway Suspension Bridge. This bridge was replaced by a double-decker suspension bridge in 1855 and later the Whirlpool Rapids Bridge in 1897.
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