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Locomotives:
Hudson’s General, 1855

Airbrush, ink, and gouache

Artist: Richard Leech
Art director: Howard E. Paine
First day of issue: July 28, 1994


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Enlisting the aid of his son, Kent, artist Richard Leech began the research and design process three years before this stamp’ s 1994 issuance. The finished stamp features an added touch of authenticity: a title bar resembling a nameplate from a 19th-century locomotive.
 
   

 

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