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Innovative Choreographers

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue July 28, 2012
Year 2012
Quantity 6,250,000
Denomination
First-Class Forever Commemorative
Denomination Value $0.45
Perforation or Dimension 0.98 x 1.56 in./24.89 x 39.62 mm
Series Innovative Choreographers
Series Time Span 2012
Issue Location Los Angeles, CA 90052
Postal Administration United States

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Pane of 20 (4 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 1,250,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.00
SKU: 469100
Dimension: 6.2406 x 5.8796 in./158.51 x 149.34 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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Uncut Press Sheet

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Original Purchase Price: $81.00
SKU: 469184
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First Day Cover Set of 4

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Original Purchase Price: $3.56
SKU: 469163
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Digital Color Postmark Set of 4

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Original Purchase Price: $6.40
SKU: 469168
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Ceremony Program (random Single)

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Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 469191
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Philatelic Product Book

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Original Purchase Price: $15.95
SKU: 469172
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Panel

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Original Purchase Price: $9.95
SKU: 469197
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Cancellation Keepsake (dcp Set of 4 W/pane)

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SKU: 469199
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About Stamp

Bob Fosse, celebrated for directing and choreographing musicals on both stage and screen, is shown on the set of Sweet Charity (1969). Fosse received one Oscar, three Emmys, and nine Tony awards during his career. Yet perhaps his greatest contribution was in making dance accessible to millions.

Bob Fosse (1927-1987) Bob Fosse was one of the 20th century’s great choreographers. As an artist, Fosse was known for his thoroughly modern style, a signature one could never mistake for anyone else’s. Snapping fingers are omnipresent, so are rakishly tilted bowler hats. Both hip and shoulder rolls appear frequently, as do backward exits. Swiveling hips and strutting predominate, as do white-gloved, single-handed gestures.

About Stamp Series

On July 28, 2012, in Los Angeles, California, the Postal Service™ will issue Innovative Choreographers commem­orative stamps (Forever® priced at 45 cents) in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The stamp will go on sale nationwide July 28, 2012.

In 2012, the U.S. Postal Service pays tribute to four influential choreographers who changed the art of dance: Isadora Duncan, José Limón, Katherine Dunham, and Bob Fosse. Designed to look like posters advertising a performance, the stamp art captures the luminosity and mystery of a live dance performance.

Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamps using illustrations by James McMullan, widely known for his work for Lincoln Center Theater in New York City.

The Innovative Choreographers stamps are being issued as Forever® stamps. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce rate.

Colors

Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, PMS 533 (Blue), PMS 4685 (Tan)

Creators

Art Director: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Designer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Typographer: Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD.
Artist: James McMullan, Sag Harbor, NY.
Modeler: Donald Woo.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22340. Copyright: USPS.

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