Object Details
Description
On May 12, 2010, in Old Saybrook, Connecticut, the Postal Service issued a 44-cent Katharine Hepburn commemorative stamp.
The stamp, designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, as part of the Legends in Hollywood series, honors Katharine Hepburn, one of America's most fascinating and enduring film stars. The portrait used is a publicity still from the film 'Woman of the Year' (MGM, 1942). The photographer was Clarence S. Bull. The selvage image shows Hepburn as she appeared in the play "West Side Waltz" (photo by Steve Schapiro).
Avery Dennison printed 50 million stamps using the gravure process. The stamps appeared in a pressure-sensitive pane of twenty stamps.
Reference: Postal Bulletin (April 8, 2010)
Credit line
Katharine Hepburn image and rights licensed through CAA, Los Angeles, California. Woman of the Year © Turner Entertainment Co. A Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. All Rights Reserved. Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Date
May 12, 2010
Object number
2010.2013.55
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink / photogravure
Place
United States of America
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Data Source
National Postal Museum
Topic
Stars of Stage & Screen
Women's Heritage
U.S. Stamps
Link to Original Record
Record ID
npm_2010.2013.55