13c Kentucky State Flag Stamps - Pack of 10

Ten 13c Kentucky State Flag Stamps
Issued: February 23, 1976
Scott Catalog #1647

10 Mint, unused postage stamps with original gum as issued by the Post Office. These stamps are genuine and valid to use as postage for current mailing. Be sure to use enough total postage to meet the current postal rate for the item you are mailing.

Great for special mailings like weddings, birthdays, valentines, and events. Also good to use for scrapbooking or displaying in a small picture frame. It's a miniature work of art.

About this stamp:
Kentucky was a border state at the start of the American Revolution. Secluded in the western wilderness, it was difficult to defend from attack. Native American war parties, led by British Rangers, sacked outposts and massacred hundreds of colonists. By the end of 1776, fewer than 200 settlers remained in the colony.

Kentucky pioneers were hardened by years of surviving in the wilds. Fighting alongside men such as Daniel Boone, the militia used the hit-and-run tactics of their enemy. After six years of bloody battles, Kentuckians secured the American frontier.

Over 150 years later, the Kentucky Historical Society hired art teacher Jessie Cox Burgess to design the state flag. Emblazoned on the flag was the state motto, “United We Stand, Divided We Fall.” The motto came from the lyrics of an American Revolutionary War song and forever reminds people of the brave settlers of Kentucky.