Chief Standing Bear Forever Postage Stamps book-format That rate increased from $1

That rate increased from $1

Greg Breeding designed the stamp and was the typographer

they chose a lion head of a type often worn at parades and other festivities

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liberty and the pursuit of happiness

Chief Standing Bear Forever Postage Stamps book-format That rate increased from $1This stamp issuance honors Chief Standing Bear (ca. 1829 1908), who won a landmark court ruling in 1879 that determined that Native Americans were persons under the law with inherent rights to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. The stamp features a portrait of Chief Standing Bear by Thomas Blackshear II, based on a black and white photograph taken in 1877. The color of Standing Bears attire was based mainly on contemporary descriptions. Art