37c "Blessed Art Thou Among Women" single

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Object Details

Photographer

Gertrude Kasebier, American, 1852 - 1934

Description

The Postal Service issued twenty 37-cent Masters of American Photography commemorative stamps on June 13, 2002, in San Diego, California. The pane of twenty stamps designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, went on nationwide June 14, 2002.

The Masters of American Photography Issue honors twenty of our country's most important and influential photographers and includes examples of portrait, documentary, landscape, and fine art photography. Many of the major themes and events in US history, immigration, the Great Depression, and World War II, are captured in these compelling black-and-white stamp art images.

Sennett Security Products printed 60 million stamps in the gravure process.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (May 16, 2002).

mint

serpentine die cut 10 1/2 x 10 3/4

"Blessed Art Thou Among Women" by Gertrude Kasebier

Credit line

Date

June 13, 2002

Object number

2003.2007.26

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink / photogravure

Dimensions

Height x Width: 1 15/16 × 1 1/4 in. (4.92 × 3.18 cm)

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Art & Photography

Contemporary (1990-present)

Women's Heritage

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm89235020d-21d8-41c5-bfe2-0ad1c43eefdb

Record ID

npm_2003.2007.26