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41c Mendez v. Westminster single
Object Details
- Description
- On September 14, 2007, in Santa Ana, California, the Postal Service issued a 41-cent Mendez v. Westminster commemorative stamp. Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, designed the stamp.
- This issue marks the sixtieth anniversary of a groundbreaking World War II-era legal case in which a group of civic-minded Hispanic parents in California successfully sued to end segregation in their schools. According to the stamp's art director and designer, Ethel Kessler, the illustration by Rafael Lopez, a native of Mexico City who maintains his studio in San Diego, California, "masterfully integrated the look of the Mexican muralists with the idea of looking forward to the light."
- Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., printed 40 million stamps in the offset process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (August 16, 2007).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- September 14, 2007
- Object number
- 2007.2025.1
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink(multicolored)
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 4201
- Topic
- Hispanic Heritage
- Education & Teaching
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2007.2025.1
- Usage
- Usage conditions apply
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