Object Details
Printer
American Packaging Corporation
Depicts
Audrey Hepburn, Dutch, 1929 - 1993
Description
The Postal Service issued a 37-cent Audrey Hepburn commemorative stamp in a pressure- sensitive adhesive pane of twenty stamps on June 11, 2003, in Los Angeles, California. The stamp was designed by Michael J. Deas, Brooklyn Heights, New York.
This ninth stamp in the Legends of Hollywood Series honors actress Audrey Hepburn. Hepburn appeared in nearly thirty movies, often starring in romantic comedies but venturing into several dramatic roles as well. During the late 1980s and early 1990s, she brought attention to humanitarian causes through her work as a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF. In 1992, Hepburn was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom and, in 1993, she received a Life Achievement Award from the Screen Actors Guild; that same year she was posthumously awarded the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award, an honorary Academy Award.
Sennett Security Products, located at the American Packaging Corporation in Columbus, Wisconsin, printed the stamp in the gravure process. Eighty million stamps were printed.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (May 15, 2003).
mint
Credit line
Audrey Hepburn™ Licensed by Sean Ferrer and Luca Dotti. This license represented by The Roger Richman Agency, Inc. Beverly Hills, CA. Sabrina and Breakfast at Tiffany's © Paramount Pictures. All rights reserved. Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
June 11, 2003
Object number
2003.2016.157
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolor); self-adhesive
Dimensions
Height x Width: 1 5/8 × 1 1/16 in. (4.13 × 2.7 cm)
Place
United States of America
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Stars of Stage & Screen
Contemporary (1990-present)
Women's Heritage
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2003.2016.157