Issue Date: April 30, 1962

City: New Orleans, Louisiana

Quantity: 118,690,000

Printed By: Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Printing Method: Giori Press

Perforations:  11

Color: Blue, dark slate, green and red

 

U.S. #1197 showcases the 150th anniversary of the addition of Louisiana as a U.S state. It was added in 1812, just nine years after President Thomas Jefferson authorized the Louisiana Purchase.

 

The stamp pictures a steamboat, which was a common sight on the Mississippi River. New Orleans was a major trading port, and steamboats brought goods there from the length of the Mississippi.