29c Dorothy Parker single

Object Details

Date
August 22, 1992
Description
Writer Dorothy Parker was honored with a 29-cent commemorative stamp issued August 22, 1992, in West End, New Jersey. The stamp marked the tenth in the Literary Arts Series of stamps.
Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) was born 'Dorothy Rothschild' on August 22, 1893, in West End, New Jersey. After working for a fashion magazine, she became drama critic of the periodical "Vanity Fair" in 1917. When her reviews for "Vanity Fair" were considered too biting and stringent by the publisher, she joined the staff of "The New Yorker." She also published many of her short stories, later collected in "Here Lies" (1939). After the success of her first book of verse, "Enough Rope" (1926), Parker became a free-lance writer. "Enough Rope" contains her celebrated couplet "Men seldom make passes/At girls who wear glasses." Her major verse was collected in "Not So Deep as a Well" (1936). She also collaborated on several plays, notably "Close Harmony" (1924) with Elmer Rice and "Ladies of the Corridor" (1963) with Arnaud d'Usseau.
Designed by Greg Rudd, the stamps were printed in photogravure process by Stamp Venturers, Inc., and issued in panes of fifty.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (August 6, 1992).
mint
Place
United States of America
Topic
Literature
Women's Heritage
U.S. Stamps
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Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Object number
1999.2004.869
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / photogravure
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8435f9fa7-9a70-4636-8d8f-3f3f12a2cc6a
Record ID
npm_1999.2004.869