3c Edgar Allan Poe single

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Object Details

Printer
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Depicts
Edgar Allan Poe, American, 1809 - 1849
Description
This Edgar Allan Poe Issue stamp features a portrait of Edgar Allen Poe. Poe was a poet, writer, editor and literary critic. Poe’s writing style was influenced by dark romanticism and one of his most famous works is “The Raven.” He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was orphaned at a young age and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point for a short while, but was eventually expelled. He died of an unknown cause in Baltimore, Maryland.
United States; Massachusetts; Virginia; New York; Maryland; Edgar Allan Poe; gothic; author; portrait
October 7, 1949
Object number
1980.2493.4083
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (bright red violet); adhesive / engraving
Place
United States of America
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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 986
National Postal Museum
Topic
Literature
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_1980.2493.4083
Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
Not determined
GUID (Link to Original Record)
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8371e1fc0-5ac4-42fc-bf8e-8e2ebb98853c
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