Object Details
Description
The Postal Service issued a 37-cent Marian Anderson commemorative stamp in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of 20 stamps, on January 27, 2005, in Washington, DC. Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, designed the stamp. Sennett Security Products printed 150 million stamps in the gravure process.
With this twenty-eighth stamp in the Black Heritage Series, the Postal Service honors Marian Anderson, one of the greatest classically trained singers of the twentieth century and an important figure in the struggle of Black Americans for racial equality. Singing a varied repertoire in her rich contralto, Anderson opened doors for other Black artists.
The portrait featured on the stamp is an oil painting by Albert Slark of Ajax, Ontario, Canada. Slark based his painting on a black-and-white photograph, believed to have been made by Moisé Benkow in Stockholm, Sweden, circa 1934.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (December 23, 2004)
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Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
January 27, 2005
Object number
2005.2012.20
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)
Music & Musicians
Black Heritage
Women's Heritage
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2005.2012.20