44c Wedding Rings single
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Object Details
- Description
- On May 1, 2009, in Washington, DC, the US Postal Service issued two Weddings stamps in pressure-sensitive adhesive panes of twenty. Both stamps were designed by Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, and feature photographs taken by Renee Comet of Washington, DC.
- The 44-cent one-ounce Wedding Rings stamp features a photograph of two gold wedding rings resting on a small white pillow. The 61-cent two-ounce Wedding Cake stamp features a photograph of a wedding cake. The photograph depicts a three-tier cake topped with white flowers, their stems and leaves a delightful contrast to the cake's creamy white frosting.
- Banknote Corporation of America/SSP, Browns Summit, North Carolina, printed 300 million Wedding Rings stamps using the offset process with microprint "USPS." A total of 100 million Wedding Cake stamps were printed in the gravure process by Avery Dennison (AVR), Clinton, South Carolina.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin, March 26, 2009.
- unused
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- May 1, 2009
- Object number
- 2009.2029.255
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink / lithographed
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 4397
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Holidays & Celebrations
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2009.2029.255
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8794202e3-8530-4250-a354-7bebd428eeb8
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