US 1968 Chief Joseph ; American Indian 6c. Scott. 1364


US 1968 Chief Joseph ; American Indian 6c. Scott. 1364


Series: American Indian Issue

Stamp details: Chief Joseph by Cyrenius Hall (National Portrait Gallery , Washington D.C., U.S.A.)

Issued date: 04-11-1968 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 6c.

Emission: Commemorative
Watermark: No Watermark

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 1364
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 1349
Michel (Germany): 973
Yvert et Tellier (France): 866

Dimensions (height x width):
40mm x 25mm

Printer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Print Method: Giori Press

Stamp Colors: Black and multicolored
Perforation: Perf 11 x 11

Themes: Famous People, Painting, Tribal Chief, Native, Costume

Total print: 125,100,000 (estimate)

Description:- Hin-mah-too-yah-lat-kekt, popularly known as Chief Joseph, Young Joseph, or Joseph the Younger (1840-1904), was a leader of the Wal-lam-wat-kain (Wallowa) band of Nez Perce, a Native American tribe of the interior Pacific Northwest region of the United States, in the latter half of the 19th century. He succeeded his father Tuekakas (Chief Joseph the Elder) in the early 1870s.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chief_Joseph