15c Saw-whet Owl single

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Object Details

Description

The 15-cent American Owls Series depicts four owls--a barred owl, a saw-whet owl, a great gray owl, and a great horned owl. It was first available on August 26, 1978, at Fairbanks, Arkansas. Frank J. Waslick designed the stamps.

mint

Credit line

Date

August 26, 1978

Object number

1980.2493.17321

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed; engraved

Place

United States of America

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Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Animals

The Environment

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm856af9491-0b7b-4be3-9b67-3c5a073700b4

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.17321