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United States, 1907 (2 cents, Jamestown)
Settlers wading ashore from a boat, with ships behind, under wavy cancel lines.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA on the arch, under the postmark lines.
- 1UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- 2FOUNDING OF JAMESTOWN, 1607
- 3POSTAGE TWO CENTS
- Inscription
- COMMEMORATIVE SERIES 1907 · UNITED STATES OF AMERICA · FOUNDING OF JAMESTOWN 1607 · POSTAGE TWO CENTS
- Meaning
- The full country name under the series line; 1607 is the year the settlement was founded.
- Issued by
- United States
- Today
- the United States Flag of United States
- Year
- 1907. Issued in April 1907 for the Jamestown Exposition.
- Made by
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing (government printing and engraving agency)
One fact
The 1907 Jamestown set marked 300 years since the English settlement in Virginia; the two cents shows the settlers coming ashore.
Source and public-domain rule
United States, published before 1931. Published in the United States in 1907, before 1931. Works published in the United States in 1930 or earlier are out of copyright there (the longest term, 95 years from publication, ended on 1 January 2026 for 1930 works), and stamps made by the federal government itself are not protected at all. Under the EU comparison of terms a work from outside the EU is protected no longer than in its country of origin. Legal sources: Duke Center for the Study of the Public Domain, 17 U.S.C. § 105.
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