Object Details
Printer
Ashton-Potter USA (Ltd)
Description
The Postal Service issued the Celebrate The Century: 1930s souvenir sheet on September 10, 1998, in Cleveland, Ohio.
The souvenir sheet features 1930s subjects from the following categories: People and Events, Arts and Entertainment, Lifestyles, Sports, and Science and Technology. The fifteen commemorative stamps in this sheet are titled: President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Empire State Building; Life Magazine; First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt; FDR's New Deal; Superman Arrives 1938; Household Conveniences; Walt Disney's Snow White Debuts; Gone With the Wind; Jesse Owens, Six World Records; Streamline Design; Golden Gate Bridge; America Survives the Depression; Bobby Jones Wins Grand Slam 1930; The Monopoly Game.
Designed by Howard Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, and illustrated by Paul Calle of Stamford, Connecticut, the stamps were printed by Ashton-Potter (USA) in the offset/intaglio process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (August 13, 1998).
32-cent mint single
Issued September 10, 1998
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
September 10, 1998
Object number
2000.2020.58
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolor); adhesive
Dimensions
Height x Width: 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3.02 × 3.02 cm)
Place
United States of America
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Contemporary (1990-present)
Trains
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2000.2020.58