20c Ralph Bunche single
Object Details
- Description
- A 20-cent stamp honoring Dr. Ralph Bunche was issued January 12, 1982, in New York, New York. The First Day of Issue ceremony was held at the United Nations.
- Dr. Bunche, an American political scientist, government official, and United Nations official, received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1950 for mediating the Palestine conflict between Israel and the Arab nations in 1949.
- The stamp was in the new Great Americans Series, which began in 1980 with a stamp honoring Sequoyah and continued in 1981 with issues honoring George Mason, Rachel Carson, and Dr. Charles Drew. This new series of regular stamps gradually replaced the American Series.
- Jim Sharpe of Westport, Connecticut, designed the stamp. It was printed in the intaglio process and issued in panes of 100. The modeler was Clarence Holbert; engravers were Kenneth Kipperman (vignette) and Gary J. Slaght (lettering & numerals).
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (November 26, 1981).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- January 12, 1982
- Object number
- 1999.2004.178
- Depicts
- Ralph Bunche, American, 1904 - 1971
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (claret); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1860
- Topic
- The Cold War (1945-1990)
- Black Heritage
- Humanitarian Causes
- Education & Teaching
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1999.2004.178
