San Diego, California settlement was commemorated with a 6-cent stamp on its 200th anniversary, July 16, 1969. Governor Gaspar de Portola, accompanied by Father Junipero Serra, began colonization. The vignette shows the belfry of the mission at Carmel.
Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Designed by Leonard Buckley and Howard C. Mildner.
Arago: people, postage &amp; the post - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://arago.si.edu/category_2034284.html">200th Anniversary California Settlement Issue</a>