3c Edgar Allan Poe single

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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National Postal Museum Collection

Title

Scott Catalogue USA 986

National Postal Museum

Topic

Literature

U.S. Stamps

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.4083

Metadata Usage (text)

Usage conditions apply

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8371e1fc0-5ac4-42fc-bf8e-8e2ebb98853c