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| Keywords: Stamp-US-1970-Woman-Suffrage.png en Commemoration of the 1970 anniversary of the 19th Amendment to the U S Constitution; the amendment was ratified in 1920 and provided for women's suffrage Stamp collectors likely often refer to the stamp as U S Scott 1406 United States Postal Service or the predecessor postal agency of the U S government of the time Ward Brackett designer 1970-08-26 Fair use or public domain the stamp being from 1970 probably not copyrighted <http //www usps com/rightsandpermissions/fair-use-exceptions htm> as accessed Apr 27 2011 Stamp and what appears on attached original paper often known as selvage unless in the public domain but not subsequent enhancement arrangement and other work © 1970 United States Postal Service All rights reserved Reservation of rights is as asserted by the United States Postal Service I'm unaware of any copyright or other legal restriction on this stamp that does not apply to modern U S stamps generally The design includes the words WOMAN SUFFRAGE 50<sup>TH</sup> ANNIVERSARY 1920-1970 VOTES <small>FOR WOMEN</small> and RIGHT <small>TO</small> VOTE The left image in the stamp appears to represent part of a demonstration in or before 1920; among the women is one man in the car driver's position The right image appears to represent a modern ca 1970 woman casting a vote at a lever-operated voting machine The whole image was made from an actual mint stamp that I owned when I scanned it An oblique line at the top left across the W the line made from overlaying a thread is for legal compliance for more flexibility with reproductions of a postage stamp Scanning relied on Photoshop in Professional scanning mode on a Windows platform Apr 27 “28 2011; settings included RGB rather than CMYK etc 32 bits 1200 pixel/inch and 1200 dpi 24-bit; these data may seem self-contradictory but I think some was from Photoshop itself and the rest from the scanner driver Subsequent file preparation was with Gimp 2 6 2 software on a Linux platform before uploading and did not include any modifications or repairs to the whole image; any image defects were left intact Horizontality adjustment was not necessary and was not attempted due to a risk of lowering the resolution PD-USGov Demonstrations and protests in support of feminism Suffragettes United States Constitution on stamps Feminists from the United States Political rallies Legal history of the United States Political history People voting Voting machines Groups of women in the United States Standing women on stamps People of the United States on stamps Flags of the United States on stamps Machines on stamps Automobiles on stamps Males on stamps 1970 in the United States 1970 stamps Women's suffrage in the United States Blue stamps | ||||
