3c Fort Bliss Centennial single
Object Details
- Description
- This Fort Bliss Centennial Issue stamp commemorates the establishment of Fort Bliss, a United States Army post, in El Paso, Texas. The stamp features an image of the desert landscape, Fort Bliss and a rocket firing. The base has been as a missile testing site.
- United States; Fort Bliss; El Paso; Texas; Army; military; desert; rocket; missile; science
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- November 5, 1948
- Object number
- 1980.2493.4063
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (henna brown); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- Texas
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 976
- Topic
- Military & Policing Forces
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.4063
