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Medium:
paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
May 20, 1995
Description:
The Postal Service captured the action of volleyball, softball, bowling, golf, and tennis, with the issuance of five 32-cent Recreational Sports commemorative stamps on May 20, 1995 in Jupiter, Florida, at the annual Stamporee stamp show. The Recreational Sports stamps, designed by Don Weller of Park City, Utah, went on sale nationwide on May 22.
Three of the five stamps specifically commemorate the hundredth anniversaries of the invention of volleyball, the development of golf's national championships, and establishment of the American Bowling Congress.
The stamps in sheets of 20 (5 designs), were printed by the Banknote Corporation of America in the offset process.
Reference: Postal Bulletin (April 27, 1995)
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Topic:
Contemporary (1990-present)  Search this
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Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
1996.2066.151
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm88e7d3f59-8e2b-4b2a-bfcb-f4f835466b92
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1996.2066.151