32c Iowa 1846 stamp

Discover a 1996 United States Postal Service stamp depicting idyllic Iowa scenery. This woodcut-style artwork evokes rural Americana & printmaking techniques – a unique collectible!


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The Postal Service commemorated the 150th anniversary of the admission of Iowa into the Union with the issuance of a 32-cent stamp on August 1, 1996, in Dubuque, Iowa. The stamp, in a pane of fifty and a self-adhesive convertible booklet of twenty, went on sale nationwide August 2.Designed by Carl Herrman of Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida, the stamp features a rendering of the painting