Archive Record
Images
Metadata
Accession number |
2011.047 |
Catalog Number |
2011.047.008 |
Object Name |
Book, Stamp |
Date |
1978 |
Title |
1978 US Postal Service Souvenir Mint Set |
Caption |
Quilting stamps |
Scope & Content |
1978 US Postal Service Mint Set of Commemorative Stamps. The storage envelope is included "1978 Mint Set, Item No. 937." Includes 28 stamps. 1. Carl Sandburg 13 cent stamp. 2. 2 Captain James Cook 13 cent stamps, features portrait of Cook and Cook's ship, The Resolution. 3. Harriet Tubman, 13 cent stamp, first in Black Heritage USA Series. 4. 4 American Quilts 13 cent stamps, part of American Folk Art Series. 5. 4 USA Dance 13 cent stamps, feature ballet, theater, folk, and modern. 6. US Bicentennial French Alliance 13 cent stamp. 7. Dr. George Papanicolaou / Early Cancer Detection Pap Test 13 cent stamp. 8. Jimmie Rodgers "Singing Brakeman" Performing Arts USA 13 cent stamp. 9. Photography 15 cent stamp. 10. George M. Cohan, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" Performing Arts USA 15 cent stamp. 11. Viking Missions to Mars "Expanding Human Knowledge" 15 cent stamp. 12. 4 American Owls 15 cent stamps, features Great Gray Owl, Saw-Whet Owl, Barred Owl, and Great Horned Owl. Part of the Wildlife Conservation Series. 13. 4 American Trees 15 cent stamps, features Giant Sequoia, White Pine, White Oak, and Gray Birch. 14. Christmas "Madonna and Child" by Andrea della Robbia 15 cent stamp. 15. Christmas Hobby Horse 15 cent stamp. |
People |
Sandburg, Carl Cook, James (Capt.) Tubman, Harriet Papanicolaou, George (Dr.) Rodgers, Jimmie Cohan, George M. |
Search Terms |
African Americans Cancer Christmas Dancing Musicians Photography Poetry Quilting Ships Space exploration Trees US Postal Service Wildlife |
Credit line |
In memory of Joseph & Marion Lore |
Imagefile |
024\2011047008.JPG |
Inventoried date |
2023-12-18 |