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44c Anna Julia Cooper single

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Description
On June 11, 2009, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service issued the 44-cent Anna Julia Cooper commemorative stamp in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of twenty stamps. Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland , designed the stamp.
With the thirty-second stamp in its Black Heritage series, the USPS honored Anna Julia Cooper, an educator, scholar, feminist, and activist who gave voice to the African-American community during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the end of slavery to the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. The stamp features a portrait of Cooper created by Kadir Nelson, San Diego, California, who based his painting on an undated photograph.
A total of 125 million stamps were printed in the offset process with microprint "USPS" by Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU), Williamsville, New York.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin, May 7, 2009.
unused
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Date
June 11, 2009
Object number
2009.2029.373
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink / lithographed
Place
United States of America
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Title
Scott Catalogue USA 4408
Topic
Black Heritage
Contemporary (1990-present)
Women's Heritage
Literature
Education & Teaching
U.S. Stamps
Record ID
npm_2009.2029.373
Usage
Not determined
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm82f1f83a8-942a-4dbb-b358-abf8a824f892

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