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)

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