USA - 1897: An 6 cents purple-lake postage stamp depicting portrait of James Abram Garfield, 20th president of the United States, serving from March 4, 1881, until his death six months later, two months after he was shot by an assassin. A lawyer and Civil War general, he served nine terms in the House of Representatives and was the only sitting member of the House to be elected president. Before his candidacy for the White House, he had been elected to the Senate by the Ohio General Assembly, a position he declined when he became president-elect
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: 3000px × 3400px
Location: United States of America
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
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