DescriptionThirteenth Amendment 1940 U.S. stamp.1.jpg
English: The
Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was commemorated by a 3-cent stamp on the 75th anniversary on October 20, 1940. The amendment abolished slavery in the U.S. The bronze sculpture by Thomas Ball in Lincoln Park, DC was funded by voluntary subscriptions from emancipated slaves, depicting Lincoln presenting the Emancipation Proclamation to a black man.
Date
Issued on October 20, 1940
Source
U.S. Post Office; Smithsonian National Postal Museum