32c U.S. Department of the Air Force single
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued a 32-cent US Department of the Air Force commemorative stamp on September 18, 1997, in Washington, DC.
- The stamp features four US Air Force Thunderbird aerial demonstration planes in flight, forming a classic diamond position. The stamp commemorated the 50th anniversary of the establishment in 1947 of the US Air Force as a separate service from the Army.
- Designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, the stamp is based on a photograph taken by Philip Handleman of Birmingham, Michigan. The stamps were printed in panes of twenty by Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., in the offset process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (August 14, 1997).
- mint
- 11.2 horizontal perforations x 11.1 vertical perforations
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- September 18, 1997
- Object number
- 1998.2008.353
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / lithography
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 3167
- Topic
- Military & Policing Forces
- Planes & Pilots
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1998.2008.353
