Object Details

Description

On April 22, 2008, the Postal Service issued five stamps honoring distinguished journalists.

The stamps, designed by Howard E. Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, honor Martha Gellhorn, John Hersey, George Polk, Ruben Salazar, and Eric Sevareid.

Working in radio, television, or print, the journalists reported -- often at great personal sacrifice -- some of the most important stories of the 20th century. They did their part to keep people informed about the world around them.

Art director Howard Paine worked with designer Fred Otnes of West Redding, Connecticut, to create the stamp art. The abstract backgrounds were meant to imply the "worldliness" of the subjects without referring to explicit events. The fragments of text were meant to suggest headlines of articles by or about each journalist.

Thirty million stamps in panes of twenty were printed using the offset process by Ashton Potter (USA), Ltd. (APU), Williamsville, New York.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (March 27, 2008).

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Credit line

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

Date

April 22, 2008

Object number

2008.2021.149

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink / lithographed

Place

United States of America

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Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Women's Heritage

Literature

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

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Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm87512f39e-d5ad-4057-8aa7-33802d81ce2b

Record ID

npm_2008.2021.149