# 2594 - 1993 29c I Pledge Allegiance, red denomination
US #2594
1993 Pledge of Allegiance
- Reissue of stamp from previous year
- Issued in honor of 100th anniversary of Pledge of Allegiance
Category of Stamp: Definitive
Value: 29¢, First-class mail rate
First Day of Issue: Issued unannounced around April 8, 1993
Quantity Issued: 750,000,000
Printed by: Sennett Enterprises for KCS Industries
Printing Method/Format: Photogravure, in booklets panes of 10 (using printing cylinders of 400 subjects – 20 across and 20 down)
Perforations: 11 X 10 on 2 or 3 sides
Reason the stamp was issued: This stamp was issued in honor of the 100th anniversary of the publication of the Pledge of allegiance in The Youth’s Companion magazine. Though it commemorates this event, the stamp is a definitive.
About the stamp design: The Pledge of allegiance stamp features a flag and the first three words of the pledge. Artist Lou Nolan wanted to portray the flag as if it were waving. This was accomplished with shading.
The 1992 variety of this stamp has the words “USA 29” in black. The 1993 version is in red
History This Stamp Represents:
Pledge Of Allegiance
Francis Bellamy wrote the pledge. Bellamy was born in 1855 and raised in Rome, New York, where his father, David, was the pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Bellamy was tasked with writing a brief salute to be recited as the flag was raised. Though the result was just 23 words, Bellamy labored over every one of them, ensuring the final pledge would be both concise and meaningful. He penned the pledge on September 7, and it was published the following day:
"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands; one Nation, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all."
Though its ideals are still the same, the wording has changed over the years. In 1923, the phrase "the flag of the United States of America" replaced "my Flag," to distinguish it from the flags of other nations. The words "under God" were added in 1954, taken from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, but have come under attack as the battle over religion continues.
US #2594
1993 Pledge of Allegiance
- Reissue of stamp from previous year
- Issued in honor of 100th anniversary of Pledge of Allegiance
Category of Stamp: Definitive
Value: 29¢, First-class mail rate
First Day of Issue: Issued unannounced around April 8, 1993
Quantity Issued: 750,000,000
Printed by: Sennett Enterprises for KCS Industries
Printing Method/Format: Photogravure, in booklets panes of 10 (using printing cylinders of 400 subjects – 20 across and 20 down)
Perforations: 11 X 10 on 2 or 3 sides
Reason the stamp was issued: This stamp was issued in honor of the 100th anniversary of the publication of the Pledge of allegiance in The Youth’s Companion magazine. Though it commemorates this event, the stamp is a definitive.
About the stamp design: The Pledge of allegiance stamp features a flag and the first three words of the pledge. Artist Lou Nolan wanted to portray the flag as if it were waving. This was accomplished with shading.
The 1992 variety of this stamp has the words “USA 29” in black. The 1993 version is in red
History This Stamp Represents:
Pledge Of Allegiance
Francis Bellamy wrote the pledge. Bellamy was born in 1855 and raised in Rome, New York, where his father, David, was the pastor of the First Baptist Church.
Bellamy was tasked with writing a brief salute to be recited as the flag was raised. Though the result was just 23 words, Bellamy labored over every one of them, ensuring the final pledge would be both concise and meaningful. He penned the pledge on September 7, and it was published the following day:
"I pledge allegiance to my Flag and to the Republic for which it stands; one Nation, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all."
Though its ideals are still the same, the wording has changed over the years. In 1923, the phrase "the flag of the United States of America" replaced "my Flag," to distinguish it from the flags of other nations. The words "under God" were added in 1954, taken from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, but have come under attack as the battle over religion continues.