Object Details
Description
The Postal Service issued a 37-cent Moss Hart commemorative stamp in one design in a pressure- sensitive adhesive pane of twenty stamps on October 25, 2004, in New York, New York. Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, designed the stamp. Avery Dennison printed 45 million stamps in the gravure process.
The stamp honors award-winning dramatist and director Moss Hart (1904-1961) on the 100th anniversary of his birth. A gifted playwright, Hart wrote a series of sparkling comedies in the 1930s with George S. Kaufman. A brilliant director, he staged one of the most dazzling musicals of his era, "My Fair Lady." A witty and charming personality who embodied the glamour of Broadway, Hart penned what many consider the best theatrical memoir ever written, "Act One."
The stamp art shows a painting by Tim O'Brien based on a photograph made by Alfred Eisenstaedt showing Hart in Times Square.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (September 30, 2004).
unused
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
October 25, 2004
Object number
2005.2003.74
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored)/ self-adhesive; photogravure
Place
New York
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Stars of Stage & Screen
Contemporary (1990-present)
U.S. Stamps
U.S. Stamps
Contemporary (1990-present)
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Record ID
npm_2005.2003.74