Small Wonders

1986 US commemorative focusing on Native American art. Two of a plate of four depicting Navajo blankets.

This 1962 commemorative stamp highlighted the 100th anniversary of the Homestead Act, which accelerated the settlement of the west by granting adult heads of families 160 acres of surveyed public land for a small fee and a promise to reside on that land for at least 5 years. As you might expect, there was plenty of funny business and much of the land went to speculators and the railroads.

The stamp also commemorates the 200th anniversary of Rhode Island’s ratification of the constitution.

From 1964-65, science programs focused on gaining knowledge of the universe during a period of minimum solar activity.

1972 Commemorative.