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suance of a commemorating stamp had been approved. The next day, the new stamp was announced in a short 6-line article in the Vincennes Sun-Commercial newspaper. Other than stating, %u201cSales probably will begin in July,%u201d no specifics were given. Two days later, on March 11, Indiana representative Andrew Jacobs mailed Lawler a list of 16 different projects that were being planned for the upcoming Sesquicentennial Celebration. Undoubtedly, he wanted to emphasize the scope and importance of such an historic event.Two stamp designs were prepared, and in late May, Postmaster General Jesse M. Donaldson released the finalized image to be used for the new 3-cent stamp. Its left side featured William Henry Harrison, the Territory%u2019s first Governor, which was modeled on a painting by Charles Wilson Peale that was owned by the Vincennes DAR. Under his image was his name emblazoned on a ribbon ornamented with laurel leaves. On the right side of the stamp was an engraving of the first Capitol Building, with the words %u201cIndiana Territory Sesquicentennial 1800-1950%u201d inscribed above it, and the phrase %u201cThe First Capitol,%u201d beneath. The words %u201cUnited States Postage%u201d were printed along the stamp%u2019s lower edge, and %u201c3c%u201d was superimposed on a stone arrowhead. The overall design of the Indiana Territory Sesquicentennial stamp was done by Charles R. Chickering who, during his 15-year career at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, designed 77 different postage stamps. Early in his career, Chickering had been an illustrator for the U.S. Army during the First World War, doing medical illustrations of the wounded and dead. Besides stamps, he also designed cachets for First Day Covers. George A. Gundersen engraved the stamp%u2019s portrait and vignette, and the outline frame, lettering, and numerals were engraved by Axel W. Christensen.