| Added by |
 Alain Martineau
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| General Description : | This stamp was one of four in the "Root of Democracy" sub-series of this longer set of stamps with an Americana theme. The vignette itself depicts a colonial era quill pen and inkwell. A message behind the design relates to the importance in a society of the ability to express ideas in writing. In the words of Ernest Hemingway: "A writer's problem does not change. He himself changes but his problem remains the same. It is always how to write truly and having what is true, to project it in such a way that it becomes a part of the experience of the person who reads it." Nearly a century earlier, Henry David Thoreau wrote: "A written word is the choicest of relics. It is something at once more intimate with us and more universal than any other work of art." |
| Face value | 1 Cent |
| Catalog code (Michel) | US 1320Ay |
| Catalog code (Scott) | US 1581 |
| Series | 1977 -1981 Americana Issue - A Root of Democracy |
| Place in series | 1 |
| Stamp colour | dark blue |
| Stamp use | Definitive stamp |
| Issue date | 08/12/1977 |
| Print technique | recess |
| Perforation | line 11 x 10½ |
| Height | 25.00 mm |
| Width | 22.00 mm |
| Catalog prices | No catalog prices set yet |
