Issued as a joint project with France, this stamp was released on the 4th of July during Liberty Weekend '86, a grand celebration marking the statue's centennial and the completion of a significant restoration project. The design, a powerful close-up of Lady Liberty's face, was created by Howard Paine and engraved by the French artist Claude Jumelet, symbolizing the enduring friendship between the two nations. The statue itself, a masterpiece of neoclassical sculpture by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi with a framework engineered by Gustave Eiffel, stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor. For over a century, it has been one of the first sights for immigrants arriving by sea, embodying hope and the promise of a new life.