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This postage stamp from 1940 was recovered by Kansas Historical Society archeologists during excavation at historic Fort Hays in Ellis County. The stamp features an uplifted torch symbolizing enlightenment. It was part of a set of three that was issued on October 16, 1940, also the first day of registration for the peacetime draft. The stamp postdates the occupation of the fort. Fort Hays was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1971 and is a State Historic Site.
Date: 1940
Item Number: 528426
Call Number: 14EL301-31-39
KSHS Identifier: DaRT ID: 528426
Built Environment - National Register of Historic Places
Collections - Archeology
Government and Politics - Federal Government
Military - Facilities - Forts - Fort Hays
Objects and Artifacts - Archeological Artifacts
Places - Counties - Ellis
Places - Forts and military installations - Fort Hays
Places - Historic sites - Fort Hays
Thematic Time Period - World War II, 1939 - 1945
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