British Library’s Philatelic Collections: Migration on United States Postage Stamps (1869-1987)

This brief online lecture introduces the history of immigration as represented on postage stamps from the United States of America between 1869 to 1987. Using a limited range of stamps in this way reveals how current political rhetoric within the United States is completely at odds with a much longer standing historical narrative recognising and commemorating the role immigration played in the foundation of this modern nation state and global world power.