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$2.90 Futuristic Space Shuttle single
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued a $2.90 Priority Mail stamp on June 3, 1993, at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The issuance was in conjunction with a Space Shuttle launch scheduled that day. The stamp features a futuristic shuttle in space.
- The stamp was designed by artist Ken Hodges of Los Alamitos, CA and printed in the offset/intaglio process at the Bureau of Printing and Engraving and was issued in sheets of 40.
- Reference: Postal Bulletin (May 27, 1993).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- June 3, 1993
- Object number
- 1999.2004.830
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / lithography, engraving
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 2543
- Topic
- Space Exploration & the Universe
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1999.2004.830
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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