calsfoundation@cals.org
September 29, 2011
Arkansas artist Roger Carlisle was commissioned by the U.S. Postal Service to paint an image for a commemorative stamp for the 1986 Sesquicentennial of Arkansas statehood. The stamp featured the Old State House façade and portions of its front grounds. Missing from the image was “Lady Baxter,” a Reconstruction-era cannon located on the grounds, because the Postal Service did not want to militarize the design. As shown here in this first day cover, the stamp was issued on January 3, 1986.