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#1312 - The Bill of Rights stamp FDC, Marg cachet, Jul 1, 1966(Miami, FL).

The United States' the Bill of Rights is the name by which the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution are known. They were introduced by James Madison to the First United States Congress in 1789 as a series of articles, and came into effect on December 15, 1791, when they had been ratified by three-fourths of the States. Thomas Jefferson was a proponent of the Bill of Rights.