29c Sunshine Heart single
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service released its first self-adhesive Love stamp with the Love Sunrise, issued at Loveland, Ohio. It was issued on January 27, 1994, in ample time for use on envelopes for Valentine's Day cards.
- Designed by Peter Goode, it was the last of about thirty design concepts submitted to the Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee for approval. A simple, brightly colored stamp with a cut-paper depiction of a red heart, it symbolized the morning sun rising above the green field with yellow-orange rays and a blue sky.
- The Banknote Corporation of American printed the Love Sunrise stamp using both a six-color Goebel offset press and a four-color Epikos intaglio press. It was printed in panes of eighteen. Having die cut perforations, the sheet could also be folded into a booklet.
- References:
- Kloetzel, James E., ed. 2009 Specialized Catalogue of United States Stamps & Covers. 87th ed. Sidney, Ohio: Scott Publishing Co., 2008.
- Linn's U.S. Stamp Yearbook. Sidney, Ohio: Linn's Stamp New, 1994.
- 29-cent
- Issued January 27, 1994
- Multicolored
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- January 27, 1994
- Object number
- 2000.2016.2
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink ( ) / lithographed, engraved; adhesive
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 2.0 cm (1 x 13/16 in.)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 2813
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- Family & Children
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2000.2016.2
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm82c044683-fc31-4223-b6ee-2287f5bdccde
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