USPS dedicates its First Continental Congress stamp

"...The stamp art, evocative of the American flag, is dominated by a vertical blue band bordered on either side by white stripes. Text at the top of the band reads: “12 COLONIES UNITE IN PROTEST.”

The center features the congress’s plea to King George III: “We ask but for Peace, Liberty and Safety.”

The title of the stamp — “FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS, 1774” — appears at the bottom. A red