20c Flag over Supreme Court single
Object Details
- Description
- A 20-cent regular postage stamp was issued in sheet, coil, and vending machine booklet form on December 17, 1981, in Washington DC. The stamp design depicts the American flag flying over the Supreme Court building in Washington, DC. Shown in the foreground was James Earle Fraser's statue, "Contemplation of Justice," to the left of the staircase leading to the Supreme Court building.
- Dean Ellis of New York, New York, designed the stamp. It was printed in the intaglio process and issued in panes of 100 and coils of 100, 500, and 3,000. Each booklet had one pane of six stamps.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (November 12, 1981).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- December 17, 1981
- Object number
- 1999.2004.202
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (black, dark blue, red); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1895
- Topic
- The Cold War (1945-1990)
- Architecture
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1999.2004.202
