2000.118.2
California
9-Sep-00
1.5 in HIGH x .875 in WIDE x .5 in DEEP
(3.81 cm HIGH x 2.22 cm WIDE x 1.27 cm DEEP)
(3.81 cm HIGH x 2.22 cm WIDE x 1.27 cm DEEP)
Museum Purchase
2000.118.2
California, 1850, USA 33
This gold colored pin, which is made to look like the California Sesquicentennial Stamp, was given as a bonus item to those who purchased stamps or first day of issue covers on Saturday, September 9, 2000. The stamp shows a depiction of the California Coastline, near Big Sur, with ice plant blooming above the ocean. The first day covers and sheets of the California Sesquicentennial stamp at a California Sesquicentennial event held at the Oakland Museum on Saturday, September 9, 2000. (At the event, when the issue of the ice plant was mentioned because it is not a native plant, a member of the audience jokingly suggested that the ice plant represents "immigrantion.")
Used: California Sesquicentennial | Celebration | Souvenir | Oakland Museum of California | United States Postal Service
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