Object Details
Description
On April 17, 2010, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, the Postal Service issued a 44-cent Cowboys of the Silver Screen commemorative stamp in four designs.
Designed by Carl T. Herrman of North Las Vegas, Nevada, the stamps honor four extraordinary performers who helped make the American Western movie a popular form of entertainment. Film stars from the silent era through the singing era are featured on the stamps: William S. Hart, Tom Mix, Gene Autry, and Roy Rogers.
Ashton Potter produced 40 million stamps using the offset process. The stamps were issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of twenty and a booklet of twenty stamped postal cards.
Reference: Postal Bulletin (March 11, 2010).
Credit line
Roy Rogers © RR.Fam.Ent.Corp./RR Estate. Original Art © Autry Qualified Interest Trust and the Autry Foundation. Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
April 17, 2010
Object number
2010.2013.3
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink / lithographed
Place
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Stars of Stage & Screen
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2010.2013.3