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37c Love Birds single

Object Details

Description
The Postal Service issued a 39-cent Love Birds special stamp on January 3, 2006. The stamp was reissued on May 1 in Washington, DC. Craig Frazier of Mill Valley, California, designed the stamp. 400 million stamps were issued in pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) convertible booklets of twenty. The stamps were printed in the gravure process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (March 30, 2006).
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Date
January 3, 2006
Object number
2006.2023.181
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure
Place
United States of America
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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 3976
Topic
Animals
Contemporary (1990-present)
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_2006.2023.181
Usage
Not determined
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8d5a853a7-015b-40e7-9956-ec2f343e2ce9
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