Stamp to Pay Tribute to California's Great Gold Rush.SACRAMENTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 10, 1998--Paying tribute to the California Gold Rush  The California Gold Rush 1848–1855) began on January 24, 1848, when gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill. , the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Postal Service postal service, arrangements made by a government for the transmission of letters, packages, and periodicals, and for related services. Early courier systems for government use were organized in the Persian Empire under Cyrus, in the Roman Empire, and in medieval will unveil a commemorative stamp A commemorative stamp is a postage stamp issued to honor or commemorate a place, event or person. Most postal services of the world issue several of these each year, often holding first day of issue ceremonies at locations connected with the subjects. on Thursday, Nov. 19, 1998 at 11 a.m. The Gold Rush stamp will be issued in 1999, and commemorates the 150th anniversary of the mass migration of people throughout the world to seek gold in the Sacramento Valley The Sacramento Valley is the portion of the California Central Valley that lies to the north of the San Joaquin-Sacramento Delta in the U.S. state of California. It encompasses all or parts of ten counties. . The stamp unveiling will occur at Sutter's Fort in Sacramento and will be held simultaneously with the national unveiling in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of of 30 new commemorative stamps that will be issued in 1999. California State Secretary, Bill Jones, California State Librarian, Dr. Kevin Starr, and Diane M. Regan, Sacramento District Manager for the United States Postal Service will present this stamp at this first-ever viewing. The stamp, featuring a painting by artist John Berkey, will be dedicated and have its first day of issue on June 18, 1999, during Railfair '99 in Old Sacramento. John Berkey's painting captures the work of prospectors mining a stream in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California during the 1849 Gold Rush. Forty-niners are shown using some of the basic tools of the time, a pan and a rocker, to separate particles of gold from gravel and sand. Berkey reviewed hundreds of photographs and illustrations from the period to design this scene. "Sutter's Fort is a fitting location to unveil the Gold Rush stamp," states Diane Regan. "As the gateway to the mines, Sacramento became the terminus of the greatest migration the world has seen since the Crusades of the 13th century. Diversity was born here with the world migration to Sacramento and the gold country." The two-story, adobe walled building forms the nucleus of Sutter's Fort which was built in 1839. Sutter's Fort was built by Captain John Augustus Sutter, and remains today in its original state. |
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