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The Department issued this 3-cent stamp commemorating the dedication of the Mackinac Straits Bridge simultaneously through the Mackinaw City and Saint Ignace, Michigan, post offices on June 25, 1958.

Designed by Arnold Copeland, the stamp's central subject features an angle view of a portion of the Mackinac Bridge, with emphasis on the suspension span between the towers. An ore boat is show almost directly below its central span. Across the top of the stamp is the wording "United States Postage" in white Gothic lettering with "3c" in larger type below and to the right. Across the bottom, arranged in two lines, in white Gothic lettering, is the inscription "The Mackinac Bridge Connecting the Peninsulas of Michigan."

The stamp was printed by the rotary process, electric-eye perforated, and issued in panes fifty stamps each. An initial printing of 120 million stamps was authorized.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (May 22, 1958)

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