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Medium:
paper; ink / photogravure
Type:
Postage Stamps
Place:
United States of America
Date:
September 8, 2008
Description:
On September 8, 2008, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service issued a 42-cent Latin Jazz commemorative stamp in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of twenty stamps. Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, designed the stamp.
With the issuance of the Latin Jazz stamp, the United States Postal Service celebrated the rich musical heritage of the United States of America. The stamp features a bold graphic design by San Francisco-based artist and Latin jazz fan Michael Bartalos. The design conveys the multicultural aspects of the music, its percussive and improvisational nature, and its rhythmic complexity.
Avery Dennison printed 30 million stamps using the gravure process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (July 31, 2008).
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Topic:
Music & Musicians  Search this
Hispanic Heritage  Search this
U.S. Stamps  Search this
Credit line:
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Object number:
2009.2001.212
See more items in:
National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source:
National Postal Museum
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm84b8033b0-60e2-4ea5-85f5-00ff5a90d8ed
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:npm_2009.2001.212