37c Marian Anderson single
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued a 37-cent Marian Anderson commemorative stamp in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of 20 stamps, on January 27, 2005, in Washington, DC. Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, designed the stamp. Sennett Security Products printed 150 million stamps in the gravure process.
- With this twenty-eighth stamp in the Black Heritage Series, the Postal Service honors Marian Anderson, one of the greatest classically trained singers of the twentieth century and an important figure in the struggle of Black Americans for racial equality. Singing a varied repertoire in her rich contralto, Anderson opened doors for other Black artists.
- The portrait featured on the stamp is an oil painting by Albert Slark of Ajax, Ontario, Canada. Slark based his painting on a black-and-white photograph, believed to have been made by Moisé Benkow in Stockholm, Sweden, circa 1934.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (December 23, 2004)
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- January 27, 2005
- Object number
- 2005.2012.20
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 3896
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- Music & Musicians
- Black Heritage
- Women's Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2005.2012.20
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm817357b15-0e99-4c1c-a575-5f646e269ede
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