Tag: Philately

  • Remington’s Birth Sesquicentennial

    As an “Artist of the West,” Frederic Sackrider Remington received posthumous notice when his work appeared on the U.S. Post Office Department’s “first multicolored portrayal of a piece of fine art on an American postage stamp” (Commemorative Stamp Ceremony Program). The Oct. 4, 1961, 4¢ issue marked the centennial of the artist’s birth in Canton,…