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Edgar Rice Burroughs

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue August 17, 2012
Year 2012
Quantity 20,000,000
Denomination
First-Class Mail® Forever Commemorative
Denomination Value $0.45
Perforation or Dimension 0.98 x 1.56 in./24.89 x 39.42 mm
Issue Location Tarzana, CA 91356
Postal Administration United States

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Layouts

Pane of 20 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 1,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.00
SKU: 469800
Dimension: 5.8796 x 7.1468 in./149.35 x 182.52 mm
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset/Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged, Overall
Layout Number: “S” followed by six (6) single digits
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First-day Cover

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Original Purchase Price: $0.89
SKU: 469861
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Digital Color Postmark

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Original Purchase Price: $1.60
SKU: 469865
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Ceremony Program

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Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 469891
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Panel

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Original Purchase Price: $9.95
SKU: 469497
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Cancellation Keepsake (dcp W/pane)

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Original Purchase Price: $10.95
SKU: 469899
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About Stamp

On August 17, 2012, in Tarzana, California, the Postal Service™ will issue an Edgar Rice Burroughs commemora­tive stamp (Forever® priced at 45 cents) in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The stamp will go on sale nationwide August 17, 2012.

In 1912, Edgar Rice Burroughs published his first story, “Under the Moons of Mars,” and his first Tarzan story, “Tarzan of the Apes.” The U.S. Postal Service joins with fans around the world in celebrating the centennial of a cultural phenomenon.

This stamp shows Tarzan, Edgar Rice Burroughs’s most famous literary creation, clinging to a tree by a vine in his left hand and wielding a weapon in his right. Burroughs appears in profile in the background. Hulbert Burroughs, the author’s son, took the 1934 photograph that served as the basis for the stamp portrait of Burroughs. The depiction of Tarzan is an interpretation of the character by artist Sterling Hundley.

In the past century, Burroughs’s Tarzan stories have been published in magazines, syndicated in newspapers, and republished in more than 24 books, while the Tarzan character has grown into a phenomenon beyond the printed word. In 1918, the silent film Tarzan of the Apes became the first of more than 50 Tarzan movies. Tarzan also became the subject of a comic strip beginning in 1929, radio series in the 1930s and the 1950s, and several television series in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. Today, Tarzan is a ubiquitous part of American popular culture.

Burroughs is also remembered for writing historical fiction and several popular series of science fiction tales, especially the 11 books in his famous “John Carter of Mars” series. A new film adaptation of Burroughs’s Mars series is scheduled for release in 2012.

This stamp is Sterling Hundley’s second project for the U.S. Postal Service. Phil Jordan was the art director.

The Edgar Rice Burroughs stamp is being issued as a Forever® stamp. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce rate.

Colors

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, PMS 4535 (Tan), PMS 012 (Yellow)

Creators

Designer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Typographer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Artist: Sterling Hundley, Chesterfield, VA.
Modeler: Donald Woo.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22341. Copyright: USPS.

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