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Summer Afternoon - Asher B. Durand

American Treasures

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue August 21, 2014
Year 2014
Quantity 25,000,000
Denomination
First-Class Mail Forever
Denomination Value $0.49
Perforation or Dimension 1.56 x 0.98 in./39.62 x 24.89 mm
Series American Treasures
Series Time Span 2001 - 2014
Issue Location Hartford, CT
Postal Administration United States

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Double-sided Booklet of 20 (4 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 5,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.80
SKU: 689500
Dimension: 3.12 x 6.13 in./79.25 x 155.58 mm
Printer: CCL Label, Inc.
Printed at: Clinton, SC
Printing Process: Gravure
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive adhesive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Overall, Block
Layout Number: “C” followed by 1111 (4) single digits
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Press Sheet W/o Die Cut

Quantity Produced - 1,500
Original Purchase Price: $39.20
SKU: 689508
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Press Sheet W/die Cut

Quantity Produced - 1,000
Original Purchase Price: $39.20
SKU: 689506
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First-day Cover (set of 4)

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $3.72
SKU: 689516
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Digital Color Postmark (set of 4)

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Original Purchase Price: $6.56
SKU: 689521
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Ceremony Program

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Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 689530
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Stamped Deck Card

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Original Purchase Price: $0.95
SKU: 689531
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Digital Color Postmark Keepsake (set of 4)

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Original Purchase Price: $16.95
SKU: 689510
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Framed Art

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Original Purchase Price: $39.95
SKU: 689524
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About Stamp

On August 21, 2014, in Hartford, CT, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Hudson River School stamps (Forever® First-Class Mail priced at 49 cents), in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide August 21, 2014.

During the 19th century, the artists of a young America searched for a new way of viewing the world and found it in the very landscapes around them. Inspired by the stunning natural beauty of New York state, the loose-knit Hudson River School of painters flourished from the mid-1830s to the mid-1870s and gave America its first major school of art.

This 12th issuance in the American Treasures series features details of paintings by four renowned Hudson River School artists. The paintings on these stamps are: Distant View of Niagara Falls (1830) by Thomas Cole, from the collection of the Art Institute of Chicago; Summer Afternoon (1865) by Asher B. Durand, from the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art; Sunset (1856) by Frederic Edwin Church, from the collection of the Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute; and Grand Canyon (1912) by Thomas Moran, from the collection of the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

Derry Noyes was the art director and designer for the Hudson River School stamps, which are being issued as Forever® stamps. These Forever® stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce rate.

*Church, Frederic Edwin (1826-1900). Sunset,1856. Oil on canvas. Original 1870s-styleframe. 37 3/4 x 49 3/4 in.(framed). Proctor Collection, PC.21, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY, U.S.A. Photo Credit: Munson-Williams- Proctor Arts Institute / Art Resource, NY

*Thomas Cole, American, 1801-1848, Distant View of Niagara Falls, 1830, Oil on panel, 47.9 x 60.6 cm (18 7/8 x 23 7/8 in.), Friends of American Art Collection, 1946.396, The Art Institute of Chicago. Photography © The Art Institute of Chicago. www.artic.edu/aic

*Durand, Asher Brown (1796-1886). Summer Afternoon, 1865, Oil on canvas, 22 1/2 x 35 in. (57.2 x 88.9 cm). Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, from the collection of her husband, Morris K. Jesup, 1914 (15.30.60), The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, U.S.A. Image copyright © The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Image source: Art Resource, NY.

Colors

Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black

Creators

Art Director: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC.
Designer: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC.
Typographer: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC.
Existing Art: Thomas Cole, Frederic E. Church, Thomas Moran, Asher B. Durand.
Modeler: CCL Label, Inc..
Engraver: WRE.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22394. Copyright: USPS.

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