Object Details
Description
The Postal Service issued a souvenir sheet of 37-cent To Form a More Perfect Union stamps in ten designs, on August 30, 2005, in the following locations: Greensboro, North Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi; Little Rock, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennesse; Montgomery, Alabama; Selma, Alabama; Topeka, Kansas; Washington, DC. Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland designed the stamps.
This issue recognizes the courage and achievements of the men and women who fought for equal rights during the years of the Civil Rights movement. The issue presents an artistic representation of several pivotal events from the 1948 Executive Order ending segregation in the military to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Stamp designer Ethel Kessler used details from contemporary artworks to comment on all of the ten historical events commemorated on this souvenir sheet.
50 million stamps were printed by Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. in the offset process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (August 4, 2005).
unused
Credit line
© Romare Bearden Foundation. Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
August 30, 2005
Object number
2006.2002.443.10
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed
Place
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Contemporary (1990-present)
Education & Teaching
Black Heritage
Family & Children
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2006.2002.443.10