American Commemoratives Stamp Series: Polar Explorers

• Main Author: United States Postal Service. Stamp Division
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: UNF Digital Commons 1986
• Subjects: Rodney Lawrence Hurst; Sr. Papers; Hurst; Rodney L. > Stamp collections; African Americans on postage stamps; United States Postal Service > Commemorative stamps; USPS American Commemoratives; Postage stamps > United States; United States Postal Service. Stamps Division > Stamp collections; Polar explorers > On postage stamps; Peary; Robert E. (Robert Edwin); 1856-1920 > On postage stamps; Henson; Matthew Alexander; 1866-1955 > On postage stamps; Polar explorers > United States > History > 19th century; Polar explorers > United States > History > 20th century; Polar explorers > Pennsylvania > Cresson > History > 20th century; African American polar explorers > Maryland > Nanjemoy > History > 20th century; Polar regions > Discovery and exploration > History > 20th century; Greenland > Discovery and exploration > History > 20th century; North Pole > Discovery and exploration > History > 20th century; Arctic regions > Discovery and exploration > History > 20th century; Gold stamp replica; Postage stamps > Alaska > North Pole; American commemoratives; No. 267; 22-cent commemorative stamp; Issue date: May 28; 1986; Explorers; African American Studies; Arts and Humanities; History; Race; Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies; United States History; Arctic; Greenland; North Pole; Alaska
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/hurst_stamps/58; https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1054&context=hurst_stamps

Informational pages for Polar Explorers (Matthew Henson) Commemorative Stamp - American Commemoratives Series, includes images of the stamps, information about the physical stamp and information about the Polar Explorers (Matthew Henson). First issued May 28, 1986.