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Words from the West: Arizona Stories and Stamps
September 20, 2011
The Arizona Capitol Museum introduces its second new exhibit in honor of the Arizona Centennial!
Entitled Words from the West: Arizona Stories and Stamps, this exhibit spans the Postal History of Arizona through Native petroglyphs and letters from the Spanish Colonies to the brand new Arizona Stamp!
The new Arizona Centennial Stamp
The exhibit features a timeline of Arizona history expressed through commerative stamps issued by the United States Postal Service. The Postal History Foundation in Tucson, AZ provided the artifacts, images, and historical information for the exhibit.
The Phoenix Stamp Club was on hand to display interesting examples from members' collections and share the enthusiasm for stamp collecting.
The Arizona Capitol Museum is part of the Arizona State Library, Archives, and Public Records, a division of the Arizona Secretary of State. Secretary Ken Bennett was one of the featured speakers, and he remained to greet the exhibits's first visitors.
Secretary of State Ken Bennett speaks with the family of Rosa Ronquillo Rhodes, Arizona's first female hispanic Postmaster.
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