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41c Aurora Borealis single

Object Details

Description
On October 1, 2007, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service issued the 41-cent Polar Lights commemorative stamps. Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, designed the stamps.
This pane of twenty stamps features photographs of auroras. Fred Hirschmann of Wasilla, Alaska, made the photograph of the aurora borealis, or northern lights. Per-Andre Hoffmann, who resides in Manila, Philippines, made the photograph of the aurora australis, a phenomenon of the southern polar region.
These two designs were previously issued as 84-cent stamps on a $1.68 International Polar Year souvenir sheet on February 21, 2007.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (August 30, 2007).
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Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Date
October 1, 2007
Object number
2008.2005.1
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed
Place
United States of America
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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 4203
Topic
Contemporary (1990-present)
The Environment
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_2008.2005.1
Usage
Not determined
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm86c14750b-3bf6-4b6d-ab93-820f57489e1e
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