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32c "Mahoning" single

Object Details

Description
The Postal Service issued a Four Centuries of American Art commemorative stamp on August 27, 1998, in Santa Clara, California. The pane features twenty American paintings under a separate header. An inscription on the back of each stamp describes the painting and artist.
The paintings include: "Portrait of Richard Mather" by John Foster; "Mrs. Elizabeth Freake and Bay Mary" by The Freake Limner; "Girl in Red Dress with Cat and Dog" by Ammi Phillips; "Rubens Peale with a Geranium" by Rembrandt Peal; "Long-billed Curlew, Numenius Longrostris" by John James Audubon; "Boatmen on the Missouri" by George Caleb Bingham; "Kindred Sprits" by Asher B. Durand; "The Westwood Children" by Joshua Johnson; "Music and Literature" by William Harnett; "The Fog Warning" by Winslow Homer; "White Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas" by George Catlin; "Cliffs of Green River" by Thomas Moran; "The Last of the Buffalo" by Alfred Bierstadt; "Niagara" by Frederic Edwin Church; "Breakfast in Bed" by Mary Cassatt; "Nighthawks" by Edward Hopper; "American Gothic" by Grant Wood; "Two Against the White" by Charles Sheeler; "Mahoning" by Franz Kline; and "No. 12" by Mark Rothko.
Designed by Howard Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, the stamps were printed by Sennett Security Products in the gravure process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (July 30, 1998).
AMERICAN ART
"Mahoning" by Franz Kline
32-cent mint single
Issued August 27, 1998
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Date
August 27, 1998
Object number
2000.2021.184
Printer
Sennett Security Products
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink; adhesive
Dimensions
4 x 3 cm (1 9/16 x 1 3/16 in.)
Place
United States of America
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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 3236s
Topic
Contemporary (1990-present)
Art & Photography
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_2000.2021.184
Usage
Usage conditions apply
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8cf4e17b5-1a8b-4e82-9207-c64271cfc71a
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