Object Details
Description
A pane of fifty 20-cent commemorative stamps featuring the official birds and flowers of the fifty states in the United States was issued April 14, 1982, in Washington, DC. Handstamp pictorial cancellations were available in each state capital.
The designers of the stamps were Arthur and Alan Singer of Jericho, New York, and the modeler was Peter Cocci. The stamps were printed in the photogravure process, with fifty stamps per pane.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (March 11, 1982).
mint
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
April 14, 1982
Object number
2008.2007.63
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure
Place
United States of America
Wyoming
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Animals
Contemporary (1990-present)
Plants
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2008.2007.63