BOSTON TEA PARTY

This set of four stamps was the second time the post office used four separate designs entities to create one larger scene. These stamps depict the drama of that night in 1773 when enraged colonists, dressed as Mohawk Indians, dumped chests of tea into Boston Harbor in protest of an English levied tax.

CONTINENTAL CONGRESS

This set of four stamps was issued to commemorate the Bicentennial of the American Revolution. Each stamp contains pretinent quotations from the first Continental Congress and the Declaration of Independence. The stamps also portray the buildings in which these meetings took place.

SKILLED HANDS FOR INDEPENDENCE

These stamps honor the skills of American civilians who supported the troops in the field during the Revolutionary War. The seamstress who sewed uniforms and flags, the blacksmith who shod the horses and constructed metal fittings for the cannons, wheelwright, transportation would have been impossible without him, and the leather worker who made saddles, boots and holsters.

SPIRIT OF '76

This stamp was released to usher in the bicentennial year. These stamps is based upon the famous fife and drum painting by ARCHIBALD M. WILLARD.