Grand Opening of Bridges at Bourne, Mass. stamps

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Collection Type

Manuscripts

Date

1935-06-22

GUSN

GUSN-289495

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Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection
Ephemera
Postal ephemera
Grand Opening of Bridges at Bourne, Mass. stamps
(current record)

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Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection
- Ephemera
  - Postal ephemera
    - Grand Opening of Bridges at Bourne, Mass. stamps (current record)
    - Cape Cod Canal 50th Anniversary stamps (2 copies)
    - Bourne Bridge stamps
    - United States Navy, U.S.S. Monaghan correspondence stamp
    - Cape Cod Canal centennial stamp

Description

A sheet of 16 stamps celebrating the opening of the bridges across the Cape Cod Canal from Bourne on June 22, 1935. The stamps are yellow with dark lettering and an illustration of the Bourne Bridge.

Details

Descriptive Terms

bridges (built works)
celebrations
postage stamps

Physical Description

1 sheet of stamps

Collection Code

MS028

Collection Name

Nina Heald Webber Cape Cod Canal collection

Reference Code

MS028.01.019.001

Places

Bourne (Barnstable county, Massachusetts)
Cape Cod Canal (Massachusetts) [canal]

Record Details

Originator

United States Postal Service

Material Type

postage stamps

Description Level

Item

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