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The Star-Spangled Banner - Flag and Fireworks

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue January 28, 2014
Year 2014
Quantity 4,000,000,000
Denomination
Forever
Denomination Value $0.49
Color Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow
Perforation or Dimension 0.87 x 0.98 in./22.10 x 24.89 mm
Issue Location Independence, MO 65040
Postal Administration United States

Varieties

The Star-Spangled Banner - Flag and Fireworks - Booklet Single - Perf 11.25 X 10.75 United States Postage Stamp
The Star-Spangled Banner - Flag and Fireworks - Booklet Single - Perf 11.25 X 10.75 (Base stamp)
Issue date: January 28, 2014
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About Stamp

On January 28, 2014, in Independence, Missouri, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue The Star-Spangled Banner First-Class Mail® stamp (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps, produced by security printer Ashton Potter and a coil of 100, produced by security printers Ashton Potter and CCL Label, Inc. The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 28, 2014.

The Star-Spangled Banner Stamps feature a treasured American icon ever since Francis Scott Key celebrated the sight of an American flag still flying over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.

This stamp commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Star-Spangled Banner with a photograph of the flag that flies over Fort McHenry National Monument and Historic Shrine in Baltimore. This flag is a replica of the one that inspired Key to write “The Star-Spangled Banner” after Fort McHenry withstood the British attack of September 13-14, 1814.

Photographer Gary Clark took the picture of the flag against a backdrop of fireworks during an annual celebration of Defenders' Day. Defenders' Day, according to the National Park Service, is “Baltimore's oldest holiday commemorating the bombardment of Fort McHenry and the writing of 'The Star-Spangled Banner.'” Clark said it was a challenge to get the fireworks and the flag in the same shot and that “the wind picked up quite a bit that night.” Art director Phil Jordan designed the stamp.

The Star-Spangled Banner stamps are being issued as Forever® stamps in double-sided booklets of 20 stamps and in self-adhesive coils of 100 stamps. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce rate.

Creators

Art Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Designer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Typographer: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Existing Photo: Gary Clark.
Engraver: WRE.
Modeler: CCL Label, Inc..
Director: Phil Jordan, Falls Church, VA.
Modeler: Joseph Sheeran.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22381. Copyright: USPS.

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