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- 34c+11c Firemen Atop World Trade Center Rubble single
34c+11c Firemen Atop World Trade Center Rubble single
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued a nondenominated (forty-five cent value) Heroes of 2001 semi-postal stamp on June 7, 2002, in New York, New York. Derry Noyes, Washington, DC, designed the stamp, and Thomas E. Franklin, Bergen County, New Jersey, photographed it.
- In honor of the American heroes who responded to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Heroes of 2001 semi-postal stamps offered the public a way to assist families of injured or killed emergency relief personnel. The stamp was valid for postage at the first-class rate of thirty-four cents plus an eleven-cent surcharge. The net proceeds from the surcharge were transferred to the Federal Emergency Management Agency in accordance with the provisions of the 9/11 Heroes Stamp Act of 2001.
- Ashton-Potter, Ltd., printed two hundred and five million stamps in the offset process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (May 16, 2002).
- FIRE ATOP WORLD TRADE CENTER RUBBLE
- The 11-cent surtax was for assistance to families of emergency relief personnel killed or permanently disabled in the line of duty in connection with the events of September 11, 2001.
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- June 7, 2002
- Object number
- 2002.2017.2
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); self-adhesive / lithography
- Place
- New York
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA B2
- Associated Event
- 9/11/2001: Destruction of World Trade Center, New York City
- Topic
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- Humanitarian Causes
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2002.2017.2
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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