34c Diabetes Awareness single

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Object Details

Description

The Postal Service issued a 34-cent Diabetes Awareness commemorative stamp on March 16, 2001, in Boston, Massachusetts. The stamp, designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, and illustrated by James Steinberg of Amherst, Massachusetts, went on sale nationwide March 16, 2001. The Postal Service continued a tradition of raising public awareness of health and social issues with this stamp.

Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., printed 100 million stamps in the offset process with microprinting "USPS."

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (February 8, 2001).

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Date

March 16, 2001

Object number

2001.2010.31

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (multicolored); self-adhesive / lithography

Dimensions

2.5 x 3.8 cm (1 x 1 1/2 in.)

Place

United States of America

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Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Health & Medicine

Humanitarian Causes

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm86175eff6-735a-4e67-9e32-cd4efa70eed7

Record ID

npm_2001.2010.31