![Homestead Act Commemorative Stamp](/sites/default/files/2024-06/npm-1980_2493_5416.jpg)
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Year Created: 1962
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This Homestead Act Issue stamp commemorated the centennial of the first Homestead Act in 1862. The act allowed settlers to claim a federal land grant of western property. To receive a clear title, the applicant must not have taken up arms against the United States, be 21 years old or the head of a household, pay a small filing fee and live on the land for at least five years and make improvements. The stamp features a homesteading couple by a sod hut.