Stamp Desk / People and places
United States, 1907 (5 cents, Pocahontas)
A woman in a tall hat and lace collar in an oval frame.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA across the top.
- 1UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
- 2POCAHONTAS
- 3POSTAGE FIVE CENTS
- Inscription
- UNITED STATES OF AMERICA · FOUNDING OF JAMESTOWN 1607 · POCAHONTAS 1595 1617 · POSTAGE FIVE CENTS
- Meaning
- The full country name across the top; the ribbons name Jamestown and Pocahontas with her years.
- Issued by
- United States
- Today
- the United States Flag of United States
- Year
- 1907. Issued in May 1907 for the Jamestown Exposition.
- Made by
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing (government printing and engraving agency)
One fact
The five cents of the Jamestown set shows Pocahontas, after the engraved portrait made in London in 1616.
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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