1925 NORSE-AMERICAN ISSUE SCOTT #620-621

  These beautiful bi-color stamps honor the first Norwegian settlers in the United States. On October 9th, 1825, the first Norwegian immigrants arrived in New York on the Sloop Restaurationen. The stamps show the ship the immigrants came over on and Leif Ericsons ship.
  Interesting fact--Leif Ericson and his men visited North America around 492 years before Columbus.