$1 Eugene O'Neill single

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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Depicts

Eugene O'Neill, American, 1888 - 1953

Description

This Prominent Americans Issue stamp depicts Eugene O’Neill, an Irish-American playwright. After expulsion from Princeton University, O’Neill spent several years working on a seaman aboard ships. While he was being treated for tuberculosis at a sanatorium, he became to write plays. Four of his plays won the Pulitzer Prize. He won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1936.

United States; New York; Eugene O’Neill; Princeton University; Ireland; seaman; ship; sea; tuberculosis; depression; alcoholism; playwright; play; writer; Pulitzer Prize; Nobel Prize; literature; art; portrait

Date

October 16, 1967

Object number

1980.2493.5576

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (dull purple); adhesive / engraving

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Stars of Stage & Screen

Literature

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm81ddef52f-0456-4dbb-b4df-6248f92f94fa

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.5576