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34c Kewpie and Kewpie Doodle Dog single

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Description
The Postal Service issued a pane of twenty 34-cent American Illustrators commemorative stamps in New York, New York, on February 1, 2001. These stamps, designed by Carl Herrmann of Carlsbad, California, went on sale nationwide February 2, 2001.
This pane of twenty stamps salutes twenty-one American illustrators whose works were recommended by a panel of experts convened by the Society of Illustrators.
The artwork of Franklin Booth is depicted on the header. Each stamp features details of an illustration that exemplifies an aspect of the following artists' work: Cole Phillips, Robert Fawcett, Joseph Christian Leyendecker, Maxfield Parrish, James Montgomery Flagg, Dean Cornwell, Rose O'Neill, Howard Pyle, Arthur Burdett Frost, Al Parker, Harvey Dunn, Jon Whitcomb, Neysa McMein, Jessie Willcox Smith, Edwin Austin Abbey, John Held, Jr., Norman Rockwell, Newel Convers Wyeth, Rockwell Kent, and Frederic Remington. Verso text provides brief biographical sketches and identifies each illustration.
Avery Dennison produced 125 million stamps in the gravure process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (January 11, 2001).
mint
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
February 1, 2001
Object number
2001.2010.404.9
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink(multicolored) / photogravure; adhesive
Place
United States of America
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National Postal Museum Collection
Title
Scott Catalogue USA 3502i
National Postal Museum
Topic
Art & Photography
Contemporary (1990-present)
Women's Heritage
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_2001.2010.404.9
Metadata Usage (text)
Usage conditions apply
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8372c3496-ba5d-47a5-af65-81b51bec8620

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