{"id":7389,"date":"2015-03-13T07:00:07","date_gmt":"2015-03-13T11:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.brown.edu\/libnews\/?p=7389"},"modified":"2015-03-13T07:00:07","modified_gmt":"2015-03-13T11:00:07","slug":"lincoln-covers-stamps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/lincoln-covers-stamps\/","title":{"rendered":"Exhibit | Lincoln Covers and Stamps"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Lincoln<\/a> An exhibit featuring Lincoln stamps and covers and First Day Covers is on display in the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection Gallery at the John Hay Library. The exhibit will be available for viewing now through Wednesday, May 27, 2015.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0Lincoln Covers<\/strong>
\nIn the world of philately, an envelope is referred to as a “cover.” This collection features covers that are adorned with patriotic art, all addressed to President Abraham Lincoln at the beginning of the American Civil War. Many patriotic covers, adorned with\u00a0rousing images\u00a0of the American union such as that shown above,\u00a0were set aside and preserved by John Hay, Brown Class of 1859, who was one of two private secretaries who attended President Lincoln during this time. As each piece of mail sent in a patriotic cover\u00a0arrived at the White House, Hay would open\u00a0it and pass the contents on to President Lincoln, retaining the cover\u00a0as a souvenir. In 1958, John Hay Whitney, a descendent of John Hay, donated these to the Brown University Library.<\/p>\n

Lincoln Stamps and First Day Covers<\/strong>
\nWithin a year after his\u00a0death, the United States Post Office began issuing\u00a0stamps honoring\u00a0President\u00a0Lincoln. Several of the earliest stamps issued by the USPO are on display as well as some First Day Covers, like those pictured below, featuring Lincoln. A First Day Cover is an envelope bearing a stamp which has been\u00a0canceled on the day the stamp\u00a0was issued.<\/p>\n

\"Lincoln<\/a><\/p>\n

The\u00a0Brown University Library is home to several stamp collections, including the Knight Collection, the Peltz and Morriss Collections of Special Delivery stamps, the George S. Champlin Memorial Stamp Collection of international issues, and the Robert T. Galkin Collection of First Day Covers.<\/p>\n

Click here for more information about Special Collections at Brown, including the stamp collections.<\/a><\/p>\n

Dates<\/strong>:\u00a0March 12 – May 27, 2015
\nTime<\/strong>:\u00a010 a.m. to\u00a05 p.m., Monday through Friday
\nLocation<\/strong>: Anne S.K. Brown Military Gallery, Third Floor, Room 303,\u00a0John Hay Library, 20 Prospect Street, Providence<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

An exhibit featuring Lincoln stamps and covers and First Day Covers is on display in the Anne S. K. Brown Military Collection Gallery at the John Hay Library. The exhibit will be available for viewing now through Wednesday, May 27, 2015. The\u00a0Lincoln Covers In the world of philately, an envelope is referred to as a … Exhibit | Lincoln Covers and Stamps<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7389","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7389"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7389\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7389"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7389"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.brown.edu\/create\/libnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7389"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}