Object Details
Description
On September 14, 2007, in Santa Ana, California, the Postal Service issued a 41-cent Mendez v. Westminster commemorative stamp. Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, designed the stamp.
This issue marks the sixtieth anniversary of a groundbreaking World War II-era legal case in which a group of civic-minded Hispanic parents in California successfully sued to end segregation in their schools. According to the stamp's art director and designer, Ethel Kessler, the illustration by Rafael Lopez, a native of Mexico City who maintains his studio in San Diego, California, "masterfully integrated the look of the Mexican muralists with the idea of looking forward to the light."
Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., printed 40 million stamps in the offset process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (August 16, 2007).
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Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
September 19, 2007
Object number
2007.2025.1
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink(multicolored)
Place
California
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Hispanic Heritage
Education & Teaching
U.S. Stamps
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Record ID
npm_2007.2025.1