For the bicentennial of the Constitional Convention, the U.S.Postal Service will release three issues. The first is a 14 centpostal card to be issued May 25, the anniversary of the convening ofthe convention in Philadelphia.
The right half of the indicium of the card shows five of theconvention participants - George Mason, Gouverneur Morris, JamesMadison, Alexander Hamilton and Charles C. Pinckney in a huddleoutside Independence Hall. To the left is the hall as it appeared in1787. At the lower left of the card are the names of theparticipants in the huddle.
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