Medium:

paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed; engraved

Type:

Postage Stamps

Place:

United States of America

Date:

May 9, 1991

Description:

The Postal Service issued its 29-cent and 52-cent Love stamps on May 9, 1991, in Honolulu, Hawaii.

The 29-cent Love stamp, depicting the earth in a heart shape, came in both sheet and booklet versions.

Designed by Harry Zelenko of New York City, the 29-cent stamps were printed in the photogravure process. The US Banknote Company produced sheet format stamps in panes of fifty, and the Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced booklets of twenty stamps.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (April 18, 1991).

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Credit line:

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Object number:

2008.2007.92

See more items in:

National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source:

National Postal Museum

GUID:

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm82341a1a8-9685-4990-a110-215579af34cf

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:npm_2008.2007.92