Object Details
Printer
Ashton-Potter USA (Ltd)
Description
The Postal Service issued a Celebrate The Century: 1990s souvenir sheet in a gummed pane of fifteen on May 2, 2000, in Escondido, California.
Designed by Howard Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, and illustrated by Drew Struzan of Pasadena, California, the souvenir sheet features 1990s subjects from the following categories: People and Events, Arts and Entertainment, Life-styles, Sports, and Science and Technology. The fifteen commemorative stamps on this sheet are titled: New Baseball Records; Gulf War; Seinfeld; Extreme Sports; Improving Education; Computer Art and Graphics; Recovering Species; Return to Space; Special Olympics; Virtual Reality; "Jurassic Park"; "Titanic"; Sport Utility Vehicles; World Wide Web; and Cellular Phones.
Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., printed the stamps using the offset process. 82.5 million stamps were printed.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (April 6, 2000).
CELEBRATE THE CENTURY
1990s
Improving education
33-cent mint single
Issued May 2, 2000
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
May 2, 2000
Object number
2000.2020.274
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)
Education & Teaching
Humanitarian Causes
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2000.2020.274