United States Postal Service. (USPS)
United States Postal Service (USPS)
Scott Number US 1804 commemorates Benjamin Banneker. It was issued in 1980.
Darren Stamp was born on 1980-12-02.
Agency - 1980 is rated/received certificates of: Finland:K-16 Iceland:16 UK:15 USA:R
It is not clear that anyone "hated" him, but he certainly was the victim of a society that believed black people were inherently inferior. In 1791, Banneker was a technical assistant in the calculating and surveying of the Federal District, which is now known as Washington, D.C. The "Sable Astronomer" was often pointed to as proof that African Americans (then called "Negroes") were not intellectually inferior to European Americans. Thomas Jefferson himself noted this in a letter to Banneker. Banneker died on Sunday, October 9, 1806 at the age of 74. A few small memorial traces still exist in the Ellicott City region of Maryland, where Banneker spent his entire life except for the Federal survey. It was not until the 1990s that the actual site of Banneker's home, which burned on the day of his burial, was determined. In 1980, the U.S. Postal Service issued a postage stamp in his honor.
15 cents
1980
.20
Agency - 1980 was released on: Denmark: 15 February 1980 Portugal: 13 March 1980 France: 16 April 1980 Finland: 6 June 1980 (Turku) Canada: 5 September 1980 Colombia: 12 September 1980 USA: August 1981 Japan: 23 January 1982
1980
1980
You can purchase a mint set of all 29 1980 stamps for around $26.10.