Object Details
Description
On May 25, 2007, in Los Angeles, California, the Postal Service issued the 41-cent Star Wars commemorative stamps in fifteen designs. Terrence McCaffrey and William J.Gicker, Jr., of the US Postal Service designed the stamps.
The commemorative sheet features artwork by longtime Star Wars poster artist Drew Struzan of Pasadena, California. The sheet includes the following fifteen first-class stamps that show familiar characters and vehicles from the six movies in the saga: ?Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, ?Han Solo and Chewbacca, ?Princess Leia Organa and R2- D2, C-3PO, ?Yoda, ?Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Emperor Palpatine.
450 million Star Wars stamps were issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) commemorative sheet of fifteen stamps.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (April 26, 2007).
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Credit line
©2007 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
May 27, 2007
Object number
2007.2022.244
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed
Place
California
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Stars of Stage & Screen
Contemporary (1990-present)
Planes & Pilots
popular culture
Space Exploration & the Universe
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2007.2022.244