#1113 1959 1c Abraham Lincoln
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| Management number | 30338698 | Release Date | 2025/12/23 | List Price | $171.00 | Model Number | 30338698 | ||
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Abraham Lincoln – First President with a Beard
U.S. #1113 shows Abraham Lincoln without a beard – different from the more common bearded images. Lincoln was the first U.S. President to have a beard. He grew it after being elected, perhaps on the advice of an 11-year-old girl.
Grace Bedell, of Westfield, New York, wrote a letter to Lincoln on October 15, 1860, during the Presidential election that year, urging him to grow a beard. She told Lincoln he would be “much improved in appearance, provided you would cultivate whiskers.”
Young Grace further promised to convince her brothers to vote for Lincoln if he grew a beard. “You would look a great deal better as your face is so thin. All the ladies like whiskers and they would tease their husbands to vote for you and then you would be President,” she explained.
Lincoln was so amused by the letter that he wrote back to her four days later. “As to the whiskers, having never worn any, do you not think people would call it a piece of silly
| Category | Vintage & collectibles > Collectible Postage > Other Collectible Stamps |
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| Condition | Like new |
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