37c To Form a More Perfect Union: 1965 Voting Rights Act single

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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

Date

August 30, 2005

Object number

2006.2002.443.2

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)

Black Heritage

Humanitarian Causes

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

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Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm87072f883-4959-4e4c-9167-f5198ef488b4

Record ID

npm_2006.2002.443.2