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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:
February 18, 1999
Description:
The Celebrate The Century: 1940s souvenir sheet was issued on February 18, 1999, at Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia. The sheet went on sale nationwide the same day.
Designed by Carl Herrman of Laguna Niguel, California, and illustrated by Howard Koslow of Toms River, New Jersey, the souvenir sheet features 1940s subjects from the following categories: People and Events, Arts and Entertainment, Lifestyles, Sports, and Science and Technology. The fifteen commemorative stamps in this sheet are titled: World War II; Antibiotics Save Lives; Jackie Robinson; President Harry S. Truman; Women Support War Effort; TV Entertains America; Jitterbug Sweeps Nation; Jackson Pollock, Abstract Expressionism; GI Bill 1944; Big Band Sound; International Style of Architecture; Postwar Baby Boom; Slinky Craze Begins 1945; "A Streetcar Named Desire," Broadway Hit 1947; and Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane."
Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., produced the stamps in the offset/ intaglio process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (January 28, 1999).
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Issued February 18, 1999
Topic:
Contemporary (1990-present)  Search this
Music & Musicians  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
2000.2020.81
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm86ef61068-8a24-44f4-8b81-144b01b3885e
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2000.2020.81