32c John Muir single

Depicts

John Muir, American, 1838 - 1914

Description

The Postal Service issued the Celebrate The Century: 1900s souvenir sheet, on February 3, 1998, in Washington, DC.

The souvenir sheet features subjects from the following categories: People and Events, Arts and Entertainment, Lifestyles, Sports, and Science and Technology. The fifteen commemorative stamps are titled: The Model T Ford; President Theodore Roosevelt; "The Great Train Robbery," 1903; Crayola Crayons; 1904 St. Louis World's Fair; 1906 Pure Food and Drugs Act; Kitty Hawk, 1903; Ash Can Painters; Immigrants Arrive; John Muir, preservationist; "Teddy" Bear created; W.E.B. Du Bois, social activist; Gibson Girl; First Modern World Series; and Robie House, Chicago.

Designed by Carl Herrman of Laguna Niguel, California, and illustrated by Richard Waldrep of Sparks, Maryland, the stamps were produced by Ashton-Potter USA in the offset/intaglio process.

Reference:

Postal Bulletin (January 1, 1998).

This Celebrate the Century Issue stamp depicts preservationist John Muir and Yosemite Valley, California. He was a Scottish-born American naturalist, author, and an advocate for the preservation of wilderness in the United States and the National Park Service. He was the founder of the Sierra Club.

United States; Scotland; Yosemite Vallery; California; John Muir; preservationist; conservationist; naturalist; author; wilderness; forest; nature; landscape; National Park Service; Sierra Club

Credit line

Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.

February 3, 1998

Object number

1998.2010.874

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / lithography

Place

United States of America

Title

Scott Catalogue USA 3182j

National Postal Museum

Topic

The Environment

Humanitarian Causes

U.S. Stamps

Record ID

npm_1998.2010.874

Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8e5bde48d-2141-4104-b07a-6fea44651d10