Contributed by Maine State Museum
Description
The Soviet Union issued a stamp in honor of Samantha Smith who visited there in 1983 on a peace mission.
The 11-year-old wrote to Soviet leader Yuri Andropov of her concern about nuclear war and asked him his intentions. He wrote back assuring her he wanted peace and invited her and her parents, Jane and Arthur Smith, to visit the Soviet Union.
The Smiths spent two weeks as Andropov's guests in July 1983.
Samantha and Arthur Smith were killed in a plane crash in Auburn in August 1985.
The stamp was issued in her memory and honor.
About This Item
- Title: Samantha Smith stamp print, 1985
- Creator: J. Friel
- Creation Date: 1985
- Subject Date: 1985
- Location: UR
- Media: Ink on paper
- Object Type: Image
Cross Reference Searches
Standardized Subject Headings
- Political activity
- International relations
- Andropov, Yuri Vladimirovich, 1914-1984--Correspondence
- Peace
- Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Commemoration
- Cold War
- Stamps
- Smith, Samantha, 1972-1985--Correspondence
- Letters
- Children and peace
People
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Maine State MuseumMaine State Museum, 230 State Street, Augusta, ME 04330
207-287-2301
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