Object Details
Description
On October 9, 2009, in New York, New York, at the Mega Stamp Show, the Postal Service issued a 44-cent Hanukkah stamp in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of twenty.
Designed by Carl T. Herrman, North Las Vegas, Nevada, the stamp's image features a photograph of a menorah with nine lit candles. The menorah was designed by Lisa Regan of the Garden Deva Sculpture Company in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and photographed by Ira Wexler of Braddock Heights, Maryland. This is the third stamp design to commemorate the holiday. The first Hanukkah stamp, issued in 1996, featured a stylized illus-tration of a menorah. A design featuring an ornate dreidel followed in 2004.
The Banknote Corporation of America printed 35 million stamps using the offset process with microprint 'USPS.'
Reference: Postal Bulletin (September 10, 2009)
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Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
October 9, 2009
Object number
2009.2029.758
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink / lithographed
Place
New York
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Holidays & Celebrations
U.S. Stamps
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Record ID
npm_2009.2029.758