| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | July 12, 2017 |
| Year | 2017 |
| Quantity | 2,100,000 |
| Denomination |
First-Class Mail, Forever
|
| Denomination Value | $0.49 | Color | Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow |
| Perforation or Dimension | 1.56 x 1.225 in/39.62 x 31.12 mm |
| Series | Andrew Wyeth |
| Series Time Span | 2017 |
| Issue Location | Chadds Ford, PA 19317 |
| Postal Administration | United States |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
|---|
Honor a prominent American artist with this new 25.24 x 20.41-inch press sheet with die cuts, containing nine panes of 12 Andrew Wyeth Forever® stamps positioned three across by three down.
Issued to commemorate the centennial of Andrew Wyeth's birth, these stamps feature 12 of his paintings, which were based largely on people and places in his life.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475006
Honor a prominent American artist with this new set of 12 Andrew Wyeth First Day Covers. Each #6 ¾ envelope bears an affixed Forever® stamp cancelled with an official First Day of Issue postmark.
Issued to commemorate the centennial of Andrew Wyeth's birth, these stamps feature 12 of his paintings, which were based largely on people and places in his life.
The pictorial postmark features the simple top of a stalk of wheat — inspired by the sparse natural beauty of the stamps themselves. Also included are the stamp title, as well as the date and location of stamp issuance: July 12, 2017, Chadds Ford, PA 19317.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475016
Honor a prominent American artist with this new set of 12 Andrew Wyeth Digital Color Postmark First Day Covers. Each #6 ¾ envelope bears an affixed Forever® stamp cancelled with an official First Day of Issue color postmark.
Issued to commemorate the centennial of Andrew Wyeth's birth, these stamps feature 12 of his paintings, which were based largely on people and places in his life.
The digital color postmark features a scene of trees in snow, evoking the austere beauty of Andrew Wyeth's paintings. Also included are the stamp title, as well as the date and location of stamp issuance: July 12, 2017, Chadds Ford, PA 19317.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475021
Honor a prominent American artist and recognize the First Day of Issue of the Andrew Wyeth Forever® stamp, with this new official ceremony program and cover.
The full-color program features the First Day Ceremony agenda and participants on one side, with a narrative about the stamp design on the reverse.
The program is tucked inside a colorful 9 × 6-inch envelope bearing an affixed Forever® stamp and the official First Day of Issue cancellation. Also included are the words “First Day of Issue Ceremony Program” and “Celebrate the Art of Stamps” along with the official United States Postal Service® logo.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475030
Honor a prominent American artist with this new two-page Andrew Wyeth American Commemorative Panel®.
One of the two 8 ½ x 11 ¼-inch panels, features a photograph of Wyeth from the 1930’s, as well as a narrative about the celebrated 20th-century artist.
Also included is Wyeth’s signature, printed using the intaglio technique.
The second panel includes a mounted pane of 12 Andrew Wyeth Forever® stamps.
Quantities are limited.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475033
Honor a prominent American artist with this new Andrew Wyeth Stamp Ceremony Memento.
This brand new collectible contains the First Day of Issue Ceremony Invitation, the First Day of Issue Ceremony Program, a set of 12 Digital Color Postmark First Day Covers, and a pane of 12 Andrew Wyeth Forever® stamps.
Issued to commemorate the centennial of Andrew Wyeth's birth, these stamps feature 12 of his paintings, which were based largely on people and places in his life.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 475034
On July 12, 2017, in Chadds Ford, PA, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Andrew Wyeth stamps (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in twelve designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 12 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide July 12, 2017.
The Andrew Wyeth Forever stamp pane includes 12 stamps that feature details of different Wyeth paintings. First row, L to R: “Wind from the Sea” (1947), “Big Room” (1988) and “Christina’s World” (1948). Second row, L to R: “Alvaro and Christina” (1968), “Frostbitten” (1962) and “Sailor’s Valentine” (1985). Third row, L to R: “Soaring” (1942–1950), “North Light” (1984) and “Spring Fed” (1967), Fourth row, L to R: “The Carry” (2003), “Young Bull” (1960) and “My Studio” (1974). The selvage shows a photograph of Wyeth from the 1930s.
“Christina’s World,” inspired by Christina Olson, a disabled neighbor in Maine, is a rich and enigmatic work that inspired decades of interpretation. The Museum of Modern Art in New York City purchased the painting in 1948. Today, “Christina’s World” is one of the iconic works of 20th-century American art. From the sale of “Christina’s World” to the sensational “Helga pictures” unveiled in the 1980s, Wyeth captured the imagination of the American public and established himself as one of the most prominent American artists of the 20th century.
Finding endless inspiration both in his hometown of Chadds Ford, PA, and in rural Maine, he scrutinized the lives, houses, and personal belongings of the people around him, sometimes painting their portraits but just as often using objects and places to represent them. Conveying emotions that were difficult to put into words, Wyeth’s work stood out for its startling austerity and stark lack of color — the artist’s way of reflecting memories, associations, and echoes from his life, including his own distinctive sense of the wondrous and the strange.
In 2017, the centennial of Wyeth’s birth offers an occasion to look anew at a lifetime of remarkable art. With its subtle symbolism and eerie implications, his work invites us to reinterpret his personal vision — and to learn to see layers unnoticed before.
The son of renowned illustrator N.C. Wyeth, Wyeth was born and raised in Chadds Ford. He and his wife lived there while typically spending each summer and early fall in Maine. In both places, he scrutinized the lives, houses, and personal belongings of the people around him, finding particular inspiration in the German immigrants on a nearby Chadds Ford farm and often painting portraits of them and views in and around their home. By this time, the tendencies that define much of his work were taking shape, among them a focus on death and loss; the use of places and objects to serve as stand-ins for people; an intense and unsentimental scrutiny of nature; and an often startling austerity and stark lack of color.
Rather than depict nature with photographic accuracy, however, Wyeth used painting to convey emotions that were difficult to put into words. His work often reflected memories, associations, and echoes from his personal life, including his own distinctive sense of the wondrous and the strange.
Wyeth received the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 and the Congressional Gold Medal in 1990. Sites in Pennsylvania and Maine that influenced his work were recently designated National Historic Landmarks.