Object Details
Photographer
Carleton E. Watkins, American, 1829 - 1916
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
"Cape Horn, Columbia River" by Carleton E. Watkins
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
June 13, 2002
Object number
2003.2007.25
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
Washington
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Art & Photography
Contemporary (1990-present)
The Environment
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2003.2007.25