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English: Lincoln-Douglas Debates, 1958 American Civil War commemorative issue. The rectangular banner says, with quotation marks,
"Westward the star of empire takes its way:
The girls link on to Lincoln
Their mothers were for Clay."
The first square sign says "Abe the Giant-Killer", the second "The Little Giant chawing [sic] up Old Abe". The original of the cut-off sign most to the right, of which can be seen the word "free" four times, read:

Free Territories and Free Men
Free Pulpits and Free Preachers
Free Press and a Free Pen

Free Schools and Free Teachers
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Source U.S. Post Office
Hi-res scan of postage stamp by Gwillhickers.
Author U.S. Government, Post Office Department

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13 February 2010

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