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37c Cesar E. Chavez single

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Object Details

Printer

Banknote Corporation of America

Depicts

Cesar E. Chavez, Mexican American, 1927 - 1993

Description

The Postal Service issued a 37-cent Cesar E. Chavez commemorative stamp in a pressure- sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of twenty stamps on April 23, 2003, in Los Angeles, California. The stamp, designed by Carl T. Herrman, Carlsbad, California, and illustrated by Robert Rodriguez, Pasadena, California, went on sale nationwide April 24, 2003.
Cesar E. Chavez founded the United Farm Workers of America, AFL-CIO (UFW). He was a tireless advocate for nonviolent social change and dedicated his life to working in service of others. For more than three decades Chavez led the first successful farm workers union in American history, achieving dignity, respect, fair wages, medical coverage, pension benefits, and humane living conditions for hundreds of thousands of farm workers. His union efforts brought about the passage of the groundbreaking 1975 California Agricultural Labor Relations Act to protect farm workers. Today, it remains the only law in the nation that protects the right of farm workers to unionize.
Banknote Corporation of America, Inc., of Browns Summit, North Carolina, printed 75 million stamps in offset process, Microprint "USPS".
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (March 20, 2003).
mint

Credit line

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Date

April 23, 2003

Object number

2003.2016.108

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (multicolor); self-adhesive

Dimensions

Height x Width: 7 5/16 × 5 7/8 in. (18.57 × 14.92 cm)

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Contemporary (1990-present)
Hispanic Heritage
Political Figures
U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Not determined

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8a9d0c9d3-39de-4cfa-bf9d-d58fc5ab64ee

Record ID

npm_2003.2016.108

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