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4 New Postage Stamps Honor Lincoln

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Feb 9, 2009 1:50 pm US/Central

4 New Postage Stamps Honor Lincoln

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) ―

Click to enlarge 1 of 1: U.S. President Abraham Lincoln, photographed by Mathew Brady, undated (ca 1860-1865) B&W portrait on black.
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Four new postage stamps featuring Abraham Lincoln were released today to help mark the famed president's 200th birthday.

The 42-cent stamps show Lincoln as rail splitter, a lawyer, a politician and president.

The stamps were officially revealed at Illinois' Old State Capitol, in the very room where Lincoln served as a state lawmaker.

Thursday is the 200th anniversary of Lincoln's birth in Kentucky.
Events to celebrate the occasion included a banquet in Springfield with President Barack Obama.