Stamp Desk / Pounds and dollars
United States, 1923 (2 cents, Harding)
A man in profile in an oval, printed in black, with a name on a ribbon.
Illustration of a historical stamp for learning, shown at screen size. Not valid for postage.
How to read it
UNITED STATES POSTAGE around the portrait.
- 1UNITED STATES POSTAGE, around the oval
- 2HARDING
- Inscription
- UNITED STATES POSTAGE · 1865 1923 · HARDING · 2 CENTS 2
- Meaning
- The country name around the oval; 1865 and 1923 are the president’s years of birth and death.
- Issued by
- United States
- Today
- the United States Flag of United States
- Year
- 1923. Issued in 1923, weeks after the president’s death.
- Made by
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing (printer)
One fact
A black memorial stamp for President Warren G. Harding, who died in office in August 1923.
Source and public-domain rule
United States, published before 1931. Printed by the federal Bureau of Engraving and Printing and published 1923. 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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