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34c Happy Birthday single
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued a 34-cent Happy Birthday stamp in a self-adhesive pane of twenty in Riverside, California, on February 8, 2002. The stamp, designed by Harry Zelenko, New York, New York, went on sale nationwide February 9, 2002.
- The new Happy Birthday stamp was issued to add a festive touch to birthday cards and packages. Like the two previous Happy Birthday stamps, issued in Special Occasions booklets in 1987 and 1988, the 2002 stamp recognized the tradition of sending special birthday greetings to family and friends.
- Avery Dennison printed 75 million stamps in the gravure process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (December 13, 2001).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- January 8, 2002
- Object number
- 2008.2007.162
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure
- Place
- United States of America
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- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 3558
- Topic
- Holidays & Celebrations
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2008.2007.162
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