1962 4c Homestead Act

Name: 1198 - 1962 4c Homestead Act
SKU: 301786
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U.S. #1198

1962 4¢ Homestead Act

Issue Date: May 20, 1962

City: Beatrice, Nebraska

Quantity: 122,730,000

Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Printing Method: Rotary Press

Perforations: 11 x 10 ½

Color: Slate

U.S. #1198 was issued in honor of the 100th anniversary of U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signing the Homestead Act, which allowed qualified people to gain land at cheap prices. The stamp was issued in Beatrice, Nebraska, near where Daniel Freeman filed the first claim for land under the new Act. The stamp shows a settler and his wife in front of a sod hut, which was the common way to build a dwelling in a land with few wood resources.