Object Details
Description
The Postal Service issued a 20-stamp sheet of 32-cent Comic Strip Classics stamps on October 1, 1995 in Boca Raton, Florida. Designed by Carl Herrman of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, the stamps are the third installment of the Classic Collection series and feature: The Yellow Kid, The Katzenjammer Kids, Little Nemo in Slumberland, Bringing Up Father, Krazy Kat, Rube Goldberg's Inventions, Toonerville Folks, Gasoline Alley, Barney Google, Little Orphan Annie, Popeye, Blondie, Dick Tracy, Alley Oop, Nancy, Flash Gordon, Li'l Abner, Terry and the Pirates, Prince Valiant, and Brenda Starr. Explanatory text is printed on the back of each stamp.
Stamp Venturers, Inc. manufactured the stamps in the gravure process.
Reference: Postal Bulletin (September 14, 1995)
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Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
October 1, 1995
Object number
1996.2066.282
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure
Place
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Contemporary (1990-present)
Art & Photography
Literature
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_1996.2066.282