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On August 11, 2009, in North Hollywood, California, the Postal Service issued the 44-cent Early TV Memories commemorative stamps in twenty designs. The stamps, designed by Carl T. Herrman, commemorate twenty great shows from TV's "Golden Age."
For more than half a century, Americans have turned to television for entertainment and information. To those watching in its early days, TV offered the additional excitement of the new. Whether laughing at the first situation comedies, tingling at crime dramas, or identifying with ordinary people who had their day in the spotlight on game shows, audiences were charmed by the novelty of the young medium.
Ashton Potter printed 50 million stamps in a pressure-sensitive pane of twenty stamps and a booklet of twenty premium stamped postal cards. The agency used the offset process.
Reference: Postal Bulletin (July 2, 2009)
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Howdy Doody Photo by: NBC Universal Photo Bank. THE RED SKELTON SHOW © CBS Broadcasting Inc. I LOVE LUCY TM/® & © 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Image of Lucille Ball used with permission of Desilu, too, LLC. Unforgettable Licensing. Texaco Star Theater Photo by: NBC Universal Photo Bank. You Bet YOur Life Photo by: NBC Universal Photo Bank. Groucho Marx™ Groucho Marx Productions, Inc., Los Angeles, CA. Hopalong Cassidy is a registered trademark of U.S. Television Office, Inc. LASSIE TM & © Classic Media, Inc., an Ent. Rights co. Dragnet is a trademark and copyright of Universal Studios. Licensed by Universal Studios Licensing LLLP. All rights reserved. THE PHIL SILVERS SHOW © CBS Broadcasting Inc. KUKLA FRAN & OLLIE is a trademark used under license. © 2009 EML Library Partnership. All rights reserved. "The Ed Sullivan Show" ® is a registered trademark of SOFA Entertainment, Inc. All rights reserved. Image of Ed Sullivan used with the permission of Sullmark Corp. The Dinah Shore Show licensed by the Dinah Shore Living Trust, Beverly Hills, California and Jaffe Partners Limited Partnership, Beverly Hills, California. Alfred Hitchcock and the Hitchcock likeness are trademarks and copyrights of The Hitchcock Trust. PERRY MASON used with permission. THE LONE RANGER TM & © Classic Media, Inc., an Ent. Rights co. THE HONEYMOONERS is a trademark used under license. © 2008 jaglea VIP Corp. All Rights Reserved. Unforgettable Licensing. THE HONEYMOONERS © CBS Broadcasting Inc. THE TWILIGHT ZONE © 2007 CBS Broadcasting Inc. The Tonight Show Photo by: NBC Universal Photo Bank. The rights to the Steve Allen name and likeness is licensed by Meadowlane Enterprises. The rights to Ozzie and Harriet name and likeness is co-owned by David Nelson and the Rick Nelson LLC. Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
August 11, 2009
Object number
2009.2029.524
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink / lithographed
Place
California
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Stars of Stage & Screen
Women's Heritage
popular culture
U.S. Stamps
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Record ID
npm_2009.2029.524