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32c Kwanzaa pane of 50
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued a 32-cent Kwanzaa stamp on October 22, 1997, in Los Angeles, California. The stamp features the seven symbols used to celebrate the seven principles that are the foundation of Kwanzaa.
- The stamp is the second in the Holiday Celebrations Series. The Holiday Celebrations Series was begun in 1996 to reflect a different cultural or ethnic holiday each year. The first stamp in the series was the Hanukkah stamp on October 22, 1996.
- Designed and illustrated by Synthia Saint James of Los Angeles, California, the stamps were issued in self-adhesive panes of fifty and self-adhesive vendible booklets of fifteen. Avery-Dennison produced the stamps in the gravure process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (September 25, 1997).
- mint
- Pane of 50 32-cent postage stamps
- Issued October 22, 1997
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 1997
- Object number
- 2000.2021.100.1-50
- Printer
- Avery Dennison
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolor); self-adhesive
- Dimensions
- 26 x 16 cm (10 1/4 x 6 5/16 in.)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 3175
- Topic
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2000.2021.100.1-50
- Usage
- Not determined
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