About This Stamp
Issued on March 20, 1923, the 30-cent stamp featured a buffalo that resembled the "buffalo nickel" in circulation at the time. It is the only stamp in the series on which a ribbon does not appear under the vignette. Clair Aubrey Huston chose a 1901 drawing of a bison by Charles R. Knight as the basis for the vignette. Knight reported that he completed his drawing by observing a bison at the Zoological Park in Washington, D.C. Louis Schofield engraved the vignette. Edward M Hall and Joachim C. Benzing engraved the frame. Issued at Washington, D.C., and printed on the flat plate press, the stamp was subsequently printed on the Stickney rotary press.
First Day of Issue Ceremony
First Day of Issue Date: March 20, 1923
First Day of Issue Location: Washington, DC