1997 Love Issue: 55c Swans single

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Object Details

Description

The Postal Service issued a 32-cent Love Swans stamp in a self-adhesive convertible booklet of twenty and a two-ounce rate 55-cent Love Swans stamp in a self-adhesive convertible booklet of twenty, on February 4, 1997, in Los Angeles, California.

Designed by Marvin Mattelson of Great Neck, New York, the stamp features two swans facing each other, creating the shape of a heart. The stamps were printed by the Banknote Corporation of America, Inc., in the offset process.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (January 2, 1997).

Credit line

Date

February 4, 1997

Object number

1998.2010.541

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / lithographed

Place

United States of America

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Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Contemporary (1990-present)

Animals

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8200e39fc-5ec1-4d9c-84e6-c6e68e15b6fb

Record ID

npm_1998.2010.541