Medium:

paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

October 6, 2006

Description:

The Postal Service issued a 39-cent Hanukkah stamp on October 6, 2006, in New York, New York, during the Mega Stamp Show. The stamp was designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, and was previously issued with a 37-cent denomination in 2004.

The 40 million stamps were produced by the Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP in the offset/microprint "USPS" process.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (August 31, 2006).

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Topic:

Contemporary (1990-present)  Search this

Holidays & Celebrations  Search this

U.S. Stamps  Search this

Credit line:

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Object number:

2006.2042.223

See more items in:

National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm84c9bac6e-f39a-42db-8908-38279ee3a894

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2006.2042.223