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Medium:
paper; ink (multicolored) / lithographed; engraved
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
August 17, 1990
Description:
Five spectacular American Indian headdresses are depicted in a booklet of commemorative stamps issued on August 17, 1990, in Cody, Wyoming. These stamps were the first in the popular Folk Art Series printed in booklets.
The horizontally oriented commemoratives feature headdresses from the Assiniboine, Cheyenne, Comanche, Flathead, and Shoshone tribes. Designed by Lunda Hoyle Gill, the stamps were printed in the offset/intaglio process and issued in panes of ten.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (July 26, 1990).
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Topic:
Contemporary (1990-present)  Search this
American Indian Heritage  Search this
Art & Photography  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
1993.2015.33.3
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm805dd0375-1504-4a16-82d6-659a8c0686df
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1993.2015.33.3