- Title
Legends of the West a collection of U.S. commemorative stamps / [introduction by Roy Rogers ; Tom Canby, narrative material].
- Imprint
[Washington, D.C.] : U.S. Postal Service, ©1993.
- Description
80 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm.
- Category
Books and Serials
- Subject
Postage stamps--United States--Pictorial works.
Fremont Flag (Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, Calif.)--Pictorial works.
West (U.S.)--On postage stamps.
West (U.S.)--Biography--Pictorial works.
- Other Author
Canby, Tom.
United States Postal Service.
Autry Museum of Western Heritage. Collection reproduction.
Autry Museum of the American West. Southwest Museum Collection. Collection reproduction.
- Note
”Legends of the West mint set” -- Label mounted on slipcase at end.
Includes collection reproductions from Autry Museum of Western Heritage collection, on pages 18-19 and 62-63.
Includes collection reproduction (Fremont Flag) from Southwest Museum of the American Indian, on pages 34-35.
Introduction / Roy Rogers -- Overland mail -- Buffalo Bill -- Jim Bridger -- Annie Oakley -- Chief Joseph -- Bill Pickett -- Bat Masterson -- John Fremont -- Wyatt Earp -- Native American culture -- Home on the range -- Nellie Cashman -- Charles Goodnight -- Geronimo -- Kit Carson -- Wild Bill Hickok -- Jim Beckwourth -- Bill Tilghman -- Sacagawea -- Western Wildlife.
- Call Number
978 L51o, 1993 (OVERSIZE)
HE 6183.W47 L44 1993 (FOLIO)
- Collection
Autry Library
Braun Research Library