15c Edith Wharton single
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Object Details
- Issue Name
- 1980 Literary Arts Series Issue (Edith Wharton)
- Description
- In 1921, Edith Wharton (1862-1937) became the first woman to receive the Pulitzer Prize, awarded for her novel The Age of Innocence. In that work and many others, Wharton portrayed a moneyed, materialistic society whose conventions restricted and destroyed the desires of its members. Though best known as an American novelist, Wharton, who spent most of her adult life in France, also received the French Legion of Honor for her extensive work helping refugees and others during World War I.
- The Edith Wharton stamp was issued in 1980. It is part of the Literary Arts Series.
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- September 5, 1980
- Object number
- 1999.2004.142
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (purple); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1832
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Literature
- Women's Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1999.2004.142
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm83ff8f1d0-ee9b-4a36-bfbd-d01831618413
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