Medium:

paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

New York

United States of America

Date:

February 1, 1980

Description:

The 15-cent Winter Olympics commemorative stamps were first placed on sale at Lake Placid, New York, on February 1, 1980. The block of four stamps features a speed skater, a downhill skier, a ski jumper, and a hockey goaltender.

The stamps commemorate the XIII Olympic Winter Games held in Lake Placid, New York, in 1980. Designed by Robert M. Cunningham, the stamps were issued in sheets of fifty.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (December 20, 1979).

unused

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Credit line:

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Object number:

2006.2034.83

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm83561e731-e0f2-4acc-b361-369d67b5232f

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2006.2034.83