# 2190 (1986) Harvard, Scarlet, LB tag, DG, perf 11 - Sgl, MNH
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US 1986
JOHN HARVARD
GREAT AMERICANS STAMP
JOHN HARVARD
GREAT AMERICANS STAMP
Second Series
English minister in America, "a godly gentleman and a lover of learning", whose deathbed bequest to the "school or College" founded two years earlier by the Massachusetts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it was consequently ordered "that the College agreed upon formerly to be built at Cambridge shall be called Harvard College." The institution considers him the most honored of its founders – those whose efforts and contributions in its early days "ensured its permanence.
English minister in America, "a godly gentleman and a lover of learning", whose deathbed bequest to the "school or College" founded two years earlier by the Massachusetts Bay Colony was so gratefully received that it was consequently ordered "that the College agreed upon formerly to be built at Cambridge shall be called Harvard College." The institution considers him the most honored of its founders – those whose efforts and contributions in its early days "ensured its permanence.
Scott 2190
Scarlet
Large Block Tagged
Dull Gum, Perforated 11
Stamp Single
Mint Never Hinged