5c Pearl Buck single

National Postal Museum

Object Details

Issue Name
5-cent Buck (Great Americans Issue)
Description
This Great Americans Issue stamp depicts Pearl Sydenstricker Buck, also known as Sai Zhenzhu. She was a writer, novelist and Nobel Prize Laureate. She was the first American woman to receive a Pulitzer Prize for Literature. She wrote about a variety of topics including women's rights, Asian cultures, China, immigration, adoption and missionary work.
United States; West Virginia; Vermont; China; Asia; woman; women's rights; writer; novelist; Nobel Prize; Pulitzer Prize; immigration; adoption; religion
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
June 25, 1983
Object number
1985.0796.3088
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (henna brown); adhesive
Place
United States of America
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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 1848
National Postal Museum
Topic
Literature
Women's Heritage
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_1985.0796.3088
Metadata Usage (text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8e1435d8d-d515-4a64-91b1-544d5ece8955

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