A postage stamp commemorating the founding of the first permanent English colony in North America will be issued Friday.

The 41-cent stamp recalls the founding of the Jamestown colony 400 years ago

The Postal Service said the special stamp it only the third triangular one in its history. It represents the three-sided fort built in 1607 and depicts the three ships that brought the colonists to Virginia, the Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery.

First day ceremonies for the stamp will be held in Jamestown.

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