Object Details
- Printer
- Ashton-Potter USA (Ltd)
- Depicts
- Martin Luther King Jr., American, 1929 - 1968
- Description
- The Celebrate The Century: 1960s souvenir sheet was issued in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on September 17, 1999.
- Designed by Carl Herrman of Laguna Niguel, California, and illustrated by Keith Birdsong of Muskogee, Oklahoma, the souvenir sheet features 1960s subjects from the following categories: People and Events, Arts and Entertainment, Lifestyles, Sports, and Science and Technology. The fifteen commemorative stamps in this sheet are titled "I Have a Dream"; Woodstock; Man Walks on the Moon; Green Bay Packers; Star Trek; The Peace Corps; The Vietnam War; Ford Mustang; Barbie Doll; The Integrated Circuit; Lasers; Super Bowl I; Roger Maris, 61 in '61; The Beatles; and Peace Symbol.
- Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., printed 120 million stamps in the offset/intaglio process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (August 12, 1999).
- CELEBRATE THE CENTURY
- 1960s
- Martin Luther King, Jr., "I Have a Dream"
- 33-cent mint single
- Issued September 17, 1999
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- September 17, 1999
- Object number
- 2000.2020.123
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolor); adhesive
- Dimensions
- Height x Width: 1 3/16 × 1 3/16 in. (3.02 × 3.02 cm)
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 3188a
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- Humanitarian Causes
- Black Heritage
- Political Figures
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2000.2020.123
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm84a5e471c-e990-425a-bf86-3e11e2d7c7fc
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