Bicentennial Stamp for Mount Desert, Maine

Bicentennial Stamp for Mount Desert, Maine

This is the first of four bicentennial stamps. It is marked Mount Desert, 04660, Aug. 5, 1989 and at the top has 1789.1989. It has been used by the post office because it is stained with black ink. It measures 2 and one half by 4 inches and has a label on the front edge in white which reads Town of Mount Desert BICENTENNIAL. There is an oval label on the bottom which says: Granite State Stamps, Manchester, Laconia, 603.669.9322 and 603.524.9172.