USA - 1898: An 15 cents olive green postage stamp depicting portrait of Henry Clay Sr. American attorney and statesman who represented Kentucky in both the Senate and House of Representatives. He was the seventh House speaker as well as the ninth secretary of state, also receiving electoral votes for president in the 1824, 1832, and 1844 presidential elections. He helped found both the National Republican Party and the Whig Party. For his role in defusing sectional crises, he earned the appellation of the "Great Compromiser" and was part of the "Great Triumvirate" of Congressmen
US postage stamp of the last decade of the 19th century. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image
Size: 2950px × 3400px
Location: United States of America
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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