USA - 1925: An ½ cent olive-brown postage stamp depicting portrait of Nathan Hale. American Patriot, soldier and spy for the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War, likeness is from a statue by Bela Lyon Pratt. He volunteered for an intelligence-gathering mission in New York City but was captured by the British and executed. Hale is considered an American hero and in 1985 was officially designated the state hero of Connecticut
US postage stamp of the first quarter of the 20th century. This postage stamp, as a physical objects, is part of a private collection owned by the author of the image
Size: 3200px × 3500px
Location: United States of America
Photo credit: © World of Stamp / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
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