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BOSTON TEA PARTY - 1973 - Bicentennial Era 8c Mint Usable Stamps - Block of four - Scott# 1480-1483 Previously hinged. Gum in great condition. This listing is for ONE BLOCK OF FOUR - the images are examples of what you will receive. Beautiful usable 8c postage stamps (32c face value of the full block). Great for the philatelist (stamp collector), or invitations, or junk journals, although these are mint stamps and can be used today on envelopes. The Bicentennial Series The U.S. Bicentennial was a series of celebrations during the mid-1970s that commemorated the historic events leading to America’s independence from Great Britain. The official events began on April 1, 1975, when the American Freedom Train departed Delaware to begin a 21-month, 25,338-mile tour of the 48 contiguous states. For more than a year, a wave of patriotism swept the nation as elaborate firework displays lit up skies across the U.S., an international fleet of tall-mast sailing ships gathered in New York City and Boston, and Queen Elizabeth made a state visit. The celebration culminated on July 4, 1976, with the 200th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence. The U.S.P.S. issued 113 commemorative stamps over six years in honor of the U.S. bicentennial, beginning with the American Revolution Bicentennial Commission Emblem stamp (U.S. #1432). As a group, the Bicentennial Series chronicles one of our nation’s most important chapters and remembers the events and patriots who made the U.S. a world model for liberty.