Object Details
Description
The Postal Service issued a 37-cent District of Columbia commemorative stamp in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of 16 stamps on September 23, 2003, in Washington, DC. The stamp was designed by Greg Berger, Bethesda, Maryland.
This stamp honors the District of Columbia and Washington, the dynamic city within its boundaries. The stamp is shaped like a diamond, as was the original hundred square-mile tract of land chosen to be the permanent site of the nation's capital.
o The top quadrant of the stamp features a detail from a plan of Washington developed by Pierre Charles L'Enfant in 1791.
o The right quadrant of the stamp shows typical row houses in a Washington neighborhood.
o The bottom quadrant of the stamp displays cherry blossoms.
o The left quadrant of the stamp is a view along the National Mall featuring three of the most widely recognized structures in the country: the US Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial.
The stamp was printed in gravure process. Sennett Security Products, located at the American Packaging Corporation in Columbus, Wisconsin, printed 72 million stamps.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (September 4, 2003).
Mint
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
September 23, 2003
Object number
2003.2020.153
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink / gravure; adhesive
Dimensions
Height x Width: 1 5/16 × 1 5/16 in. (3.33 × 3.33 cm)
Place
District of Columbia
United States of America
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Contemporary (1990-present)
Maps
Plants
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2003.2020.153