Object Details
Description
The Postal Service issued a 37-cent Roy Acuff commemorative stamp in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of twenty stamps on September 13, 2003, in Nashville, Tennessee. The stamp, designed by Richard Sheaff, Scottsdale, Arizona, went on sale nationwide September 14, 2003.
This stamp honors Roy Acuff, often called the "King of Country Music." As one of country music's first true superstars, Acuff helped turn the Grand Ole Opry into the nation's foremost country music venue, and his role in the music-publishing business helped make Nashville, Tennessee, the country music capital of America.
Avery Dennison (AVR) printed 52 million stamps using the gravure process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (August 7, 2003).
Mint
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
September 13, 2003
Object number
2003.2020.141
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink / gravure; adhesive
Dimensions
Height x Width: 1 5/8 × 1 1/16 in. (4.13 × 2.7 cm)
Place
United States of America
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National Postal Museum Collection
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Contemporary (1990-present)
Music & Musicians
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2003.2020.141