Object Details
Depicts
Frank Lloyd Wright, American, 1869 - 1959
Description
The Postal Service issued the Celebrate The Century: 1900s souvenir sheet, on February 3, 1998, in Washington, DC.
The souvenir sheet features subjects from the following categories: People and Events, Arts and Entertainment, Lifestyles, Sports, and Science and Technology. The fifteen commemorative stamps are titled: The Model T Ford; President Theodore Roosevelt; "The Great Train Robbery," 1903; Crayola Crayons; 1904 St. Louis World's Fair; 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act; Kitty Hawk, 1903; Ash Can Painters; Immigrants Arrive; John Muir, preservationist; "Teddy" Bear created; W.E.B. Du Bois, social activist; Gibson Girl; First Modern World Series; and Robie House, Chicago.
Designed by Carl Herrman of Laguna Niguel, California, and illustrated by Richard Waldrep of Sparks, Maryland, the stamps were produced by Ashton-Potter USA in the offset/intaglio process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (January 1, 1998).
mint
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
February 3, 1998
Object number
1998.2010.896
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / lithography
Place
Illinois
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Depicts
Robie House
Topic
Architecture
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_1998.2010.896