- Collection:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia
- Title:
- Moina Michael Stamp
- Contributor to Resource:
- Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum
- Date of Original:
- 1948
- Subject:
- Commemorative postage stamps--United States
Women on postage stamps--United States
Flowers on postage stamps--United States
Memorial Day
Poppies--On postage stamps
Postage stamps--United States
Michael, Moina Belle, 1869-1944 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Type:
- Still Image
- Format:
- image/jpeg
- Description:
- A commemorative stamp honoring Moina Belle Michael, a Walton County native and originator of the red memorial poppy, was first issued in November 1948. After World War I, paper poppies were sold and worn on Remembrance Day (Armistice Day), held on the second Sunday in November in Britain, to fund soldier rehabilitation.
This image shows a three cent commemorative stamp honoring Moina B. Michael, a Walton County, Georgia native and the founder of Poppy Day. It was first issued in November 1948. It is a red stamp with an image of Michael on the right. On the left is an image of several poppies with the words "Founder of Memorial Poppy" layered over them. Beginning around 1915, paper poppies were sold and worn on Memorial Day in both the United States and Europe to raise money for the rehabilitation of soldiers wounded in combat. - Metadata URL:
- https://www.georgiaencyclopedia.org/articles/history-archaeology/moina-belle-michael-1869-1944/moina-michael-stamp_001/
- Holding Institution:
- New Georgia Encyclopedia (Project)
- Rights:
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