15c Rowing single

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Object Details

Description

The 15-cent Summer Olympics commemorative stamps were first placed on sale at Los Angeles, California, on September 28, 1979. The block of four stamps features women runners, women swimmers, a pair of rowers, and a horse and rider clearing a jump.

These stamps, which commemorate the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, were released prior to the US-led boycott of the games due to the Soviet's invasion of Afghanistan. The United States did not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics.

The stamps were designed by Robert M. Cunningham and were issued in sheets of fifty.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (August 9, 1979).

Mint

Credit line

Date

September 28, 1979

Object number

1993.2070.10

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure

Place

Moskva (province)

Russia

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Sports

Organizations & Associations

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm83210a072-e9ee-49ce-b373-e34ff597edad

Record ID

npm_1993.2070.10