United States of America 1973 Boston Tea Party
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date : 4th July 1973
- four values in se-tenant composite block
- Designed by W A Smith
- Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing, Washington DC
- Print process: recess and lithography
- Perforations: 11 x 11
- Numbers Printed : 196,275,000
- First day of issue city : Boston, Massachusetts
Bicentenary of the American Revolution series. The Boston Tea Party, 1773
8c x four designs ~ enraged Massachusetts colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, dump chests of tea into Boston Harbour in protest a tax levied by the British government
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