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Printer:
Ashton-Potter USA (Ltd)  Search this
Medium:
paper; ink (multicolor); adhesive
Dimensions:
Height x Width: 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3.02 × 3.02 cm)
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
January 12, 2000
Description:
The Celebrate The Century: 1980s souvenir sheet was issued on January 13, 2000, in Titusville, Florida. Designed by Carl Herrman of Carlsbad, California, and illustrated by Robert Rodriguez of Pasadena, California, the souvenir sheet features 1980s subjects from the following categories: People and Events, Arts and Entertainment, Lifestyles, Sports, and Science and Technology.
The fifteen commemorative stamps on this sheet are titled: Space Shuttle Program; Musical Smash "CaliforniaTS"; San Francisco 49ers; Hostages Come Home; Figure Skating; Cable TV; Vietnam Veterans Memorial; Compact Discs; Cabbage Patch Kids; Hit Comedy "The Cosby Show"; Fall of the Berlin Wall; Video Games; "E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial"; Personal Computers; and Hip-hop Culture.
Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., printed 90 million stamps in the offset process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (December 2, 1999).
CELEBRATE THE CENTURY
1980s
Space Shuttle program
33-cent mint single
Issued January 12, 2000
Topic:
Contemporary (1990-present)  Search this
Space Exploration & the Universe  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
2000.2020.215
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8e86f285d-0c1a-4c8d-a8b0-a411d12a7fff
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2000.2020.215