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Description: Settlement of the Northwest Territory under the Ordinance of 1787 was celebrated on its 150th anniversary by a 3-cent stamp on July 15, 1938. The first permanent place was Marietta OH. The Territory included Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota. The stamp features "March Westward of the Nation', which stands in Marietta.
Title: Northwest Territory settlement 1938 U.S. stamp.1
Credit: Arago: people, postage & the post
Author: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Usage Terms: Public domain
License: Public domain
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