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Medium:
paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
October 1, 1995
Description:
The Postal Service issued a 20-stamp sheet of 32-cent Comic Strip Classics stamps on October 1, 1995 in Boca Raton, Florida. Designed by Carl Herrman of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, the stamps are the third installment of the Classic Collection series and feature: The Yellow Kid, The Katzenjammer Kids, Little Nemo in Slumberland, Bringing Up Father, Krazy Kat, Rube Goldberg's Inventions, Toonerville Folks, Gasoline Alley, Barney Google, Little Orphan Annie, Popeye, Blondie, Dick Tracy, Alley Oop, Nancy, Flash Gordon, Li'l Abner, Terry and the Pirates, Prince Valiant, and Brenda Starr. Explanatory text is printed on the back of each stamp.
Stamp Venturers, Inc. manufactured the stamps in the gravure process.
Reference: Postal Bulletin (September 14, 1995)
mint
Topic:
Contemporary (1990-present)  Search this
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Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
1996.2066.277
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8cac396ab-b35f-4d38-aac9-b6b7c8902045
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_1996.2066.277