42c "Caldonia" single
Object Details
- Description
- On July 16, 2008, in Newark, New Jersey, the Postal Service issued the 42-cent Vintage Black Cinema stamps in five designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of twenty. Carl T. Herrman of Carlsbad, California, designed the stamps.
- Vivid reminders of a bygone era, these vintage movie posters highlight various facets of the African-American cultural experience as represented in early film. Whether spotlighting the talents of entertainment icons or documenting changing social attitudes and expectations, these posters now serve a greater purpose than publicity and promotion. They have become invaluable pieces of history, preserving memories of cultural phenomena that otherwise might have been forgotten.
- Forty million stamps were printed in the offset process with microprinting "USPS" by Sennett Security Products/Banknote Corporation of America, Inc. (SSP/BCA).
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (June 19, 2008).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- July 16, 2008
- Object number
- 2009.2001.40
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink / lithographed
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 4339
- Topic
- Stars of Stage & Screen
- Black Heritage
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2009.2001.40
