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In the 1920s there was no bridge spanning the watery expanse between San Francisco and Marin in California, so when the U. S. Post Office issued a postage stamp on May 1, 1923, celebrating The Golden Gate, the issue naturally portrayed the scene without a structure bridging the great span.

The schooner sailing ship in the engraving is the USS Babcock which served in the United States Navy from 1917 – 1919, and is seen passing through the Golden Gate into San Francisco Bay, its port of call.