| Name |
Value |
| Date of Issue |
March 7, 2013 |
| Year |
2013
|
| Quantity |
1,950,000 |
| Denomination |
First-Class Mail Forever Commemorative
|
| Denomination Value |
$0.46
|
| Series |
Modern Art in America 1913-1931
|
| Series Time Span |
2013 |
| Issue Location |
New York, NY 10199 |
| Postal Administration |
United States |
Pane of 12 (12 Designs)
Quantity Produced -
1,950,000
Original Purchase Price: $5.52
SKU: 579600
Dimension: 9.50 x 7.75 in./149.86 x 180.85 mm
Printer: Avery Dennison (AVR)
Printed at: AVR, Clinton, SC
Printing Process: Gravure
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Prephosphored, Type I
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Press Sheet With Die Cuts
Quantity Produced -
2,500
Original Purchase Price: $22.08
SKU: 579606
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Press Sheet Without Die Cuts
Quantity Produced -
2,500
Original Purchase Price: $22.08
SKU: 579608
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First-day Cover (full Pane)
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $8.02
SKU: 579618
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First-day Cover Set of 12
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $10.80
SKU: 579616
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First-day Cancelled (full Pane)
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $8.02
SKU: 579619
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Digital Color Postmark Set Of12
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $19.32
SKU: 579621
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Ceremony Program (random Single)
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 579630
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Stamp Deck Card W/digital Color Postmark (random Single)
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.96
SKU: 579632
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Stamp Deck Card
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.95
SKU: 579631
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Keepsake (pane & Digital Color Postmark Set of 12)
Quantity Produced -
Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $24.95
SKU: 579610
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Aaron Douglas was the most important visual artist to emerge from the Harlem Renaissance. The gouache-on-paper painting, The Prodigal Son (1927), was created in a modernist style that has been described as “Afro-Cubism.”
On March 7, 2013, in New York, New York, the Postal Service™ will issue Modern Art in America 1913-1931 commemorative First-Class Mail® stamps (Forever® priced at 46 cents) in 12 designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 12 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide March 7, 2013.
In celebration of the triumph of modern art in America, the U.S. Postal Service commemorates 12 important modern artists and their works, 100 years after the groundbreaking Armory Show opened in New York in 1913.
The masterpieces reproduced in the stamp art were created between 1912 and 1931.
The stamp sheet also includes a quote by Marcel Duchamp and verso text that identifies each work of art and briefly tells something about each artist. Art director Derry Noyes worked on the stamp sheet with designer Margaret Bauer.
Yellow, Magenta, Cyan, Black, 1795 (Red)
Designer: Margaret Bauer, Washington, DC.
Art Director: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC.
Typographer: Margaret Bauer, Washington, DC.
Engraver: Trident.
Modeler: Avery Dennison, Designed and Engineered Solutions.
USPS Postal Bulletin 22356. Copyright: USPS.
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