FREE: 1945 3c Texas Statehood - US # 938 - SASE

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1945 3c Texas Statehood - US # 938 - Used
Issue Date: December 29, 1945
City: Austin, TX
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10.5
Color: Dark blue

Commemorates the 100th anniversary of Texas’ statehood. The stamp pictures the U.S. flag with a ray shining from the 28th star to the single star on the Texas state flag.

Texas’ Road to Statehood
“Glory, God and gold” was the motto of the Spanish explorers who arrived in Texas during the early 1500s. In 1519, Alonso Álvarez de Piñeda mapped the gulf coastline from Florida to Mexico. Most historians believe the members of this expedition were the first Europeans to reach Texas. Many Spanish explorers set out into the interior of Texas looking for “golden cities,” called the Seven Cities of Cibola. In 1682, Franciscan missionaries built the first two missions in Texas. These expeditions and missions were the basis of Spain’s claim to Texas.
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