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Statue of Freedom - Red

Statue of Freedom

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue June 27, 2018
Year 2018
Quantity 5,000,000
Denomination
$5 Definitive
Denomination Value $5.00
Perforation or Dimension 1.56 x 1.225 in./39.62 x 31.12 mm
Series Statue of Freedom
Series Time Span 2018
Issue Location Bellefonte, PA 16823
Postal Administration United States

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Layouts

Pane of 4 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 1,250,000
Original Purchase Price: $20.00
SKU: 117904
Dimension: 4.85 x 4.17 in./123.19 x 105.92 mm
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset, Intaglio, Microprint
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block
Layout Number: B followed by three (3) single digits
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First Day Cover

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $5.44
SKU: 117916
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Digital Color Postmark

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.15
SKU: 117921
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About Stamp

On June 27, 2018, in Bellefonte, PA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the $1, $2, and $5 Statue of Freedom definitive stamps in one design each. The $1 and $2 Statue of Freedom stamps will be issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 10 stamps (Items 114200 and 114300). The $5 Statue of Freedom stamp will be issued in a PSA pane of 4 stamps. All three will go on sale nationwide June 27, 2018.

The $1, $2, and $5 Statue of Freedom stamps offer a modern take on vintage patriotic stamp art for use on packages, large envelopes, and other mailings. The design features the head of the statue that tops the U.S. Capitol dome in artwork based on an engraved vignette originally created for a 1923 stamp ($5 Head of Freedom Statue). The tightly cropped enlargement, rendered in emerald green, indigo, and brick red, highlights the solid and dashed lines as well as the cross-hatching characteristic of engraved illustration. These stamps were printed in intaglio. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamps using John Eissler’s engraved artwork.

The U.S. Postal Service® issues $5 Statue of Freedom, offering a modern take on vintage patriotic stamp art for use on packages, large envelopes, and other mailings.

The design features the head of the statue that tops the United States Capitol dome, in a modern interpretation based on an engraved vignette created for a 1923 stamp ($5 Head of Freedom Statue). The original engraved artwork was created for the U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing by John Eissler (1873-1962). The tightly cropped enlargement, here rendered in brick red, highlights the solid and dashed lines and the crosshatching characteristic of engraved illustration.

American sculptor Thomas Crawford (1814-1857) created the allegorical Statue of Freedom during the mid-1850s. She wears a variation on a Roman helmet circled by stars, topped with an eagle head, and embellished by feathered plumes meant to evoke Native American headdress. The statue's installation onto the new Capitol dome was completed in 1863.

This stamp was printed in intaglio.

Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp. $5 Statue of Freedom will be sold in sheets of four stamps.

Colors

Custom Red, Custom Black, Custom OVI

Creators

Designer: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA.
Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA.
Typographer: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA.
Modeler: Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22494. Copyright: USPS.

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