44c Anna Julia Cooper single

Object Details

Date
June 11, 2009
Description
On June 11, 2009, in Washington, DC, the Postal Service issued the 44-cent Anna Julia Cooper commemorative stamp in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of twenty stamps. Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland , designed the stamp.
With the thirty-second stamp in its Black Heritage series, the USPS honored Anna Julia Cooper, an educator, scholar, feminist, and activist who gave voice to the African-American community during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, from the end of slavery to the beginning of the Civil Rights movement. The stamp features a portrait of Cooper created by Kadir Nelson, San Diego, California, who based his painting on an undated photograph.
A total of 125 million stamps were printed in the offset process with microprint "USPS" by Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd. (APU), Williamsville, New York.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin, May 7, 2009.
unused
Place
United States of America
Topic
Black Heritage
Contemporary (1990-present)
Women's Heritage
Literature
Education & Teaching
U.S. Stamps
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Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Object number
2009.2029.373
Type
Postage Stamps
Medium
paper; ink / lithographed
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm82f1f83a8-942a-4dbb-b358-abf8a824f892
Record ID
npm_2009.2029.373