44c Bart Simpson single
Object Details
- Description
- On May 7, 2009, in Los Angeles, California, the US Postal Service issued the 44-cent The Simpsons stamps in five designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive convertible booklet of twenty stamps. Matt Groening, a native of Portland, Oregon, designed the stamps.
- These stamps recognize "The Simpsons," the longest running comedy in the history of American prime-time television. Art Director, Derry Noyes, Washington, DC, was pleased to use original artwork by Matt Groening. Groening, a cartoonist, created the Simpson characters and named them after his own family: Parents Marge and Homer, sisters Lisa and Maggie (the baby who conveys emotion by sucking on her pacifier), and Matt's alter ego, Bart.
- A total of 1 billion stamps were printed in the offset process by Banknote Corporation of America Inc./SSP, Browns Summit, North Carolina.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin, April 9, 2009.
- unused
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- May 7, 2009
- Object number
- 2009.2029.283
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink / lithographed
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 4401
- Topic
- Stars of Stage & Screen
- popular culture
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2009.2029.283
