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Diaporama13c Acoma Pot stamp
United States Postal Service (? – ?)
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Smithsonian's National Postal Museum (Washington, D.C., United States of America)
Located in Washington D.C., the Smithsonian's National Postal Museum offers an immersive journey through postal history with its iconic stamp collections and vintage vehicles, inviting you to explore our shared heritage.
On April 13, 1977, the Postal Service issued four 13-cent stamps as a se-tenant issue titled Pueblo Pottery. Part of the American Folk Art Series, the stamp depicts a Zia pot (Scott 1706), San Lldefonso pot (Scott 1707), Hopi pot (Scott 1708), and Acoma pot (Scott 1709). Ford Ruthling designed the issue.The multicolored stamps were printed on the Bureau of Engraving and Printing seven-color Andreotti gravure press (601) as sheets of 160 subjects, tagged, perforated 11, and distributed as panes of forty (eight across, five down). Mr. Zip, “MAIL EARLY IN THE DAY,” electric eye markings, and five plate numbers, one in each color used to print the sheet, are printed in the selvage.The pueblo best-known for its pottery is Zia pueblo, located on the Jemez River west of the Rio Grande. One of the distinctive marks of a Zia pot, the Zia bird appears on much of the pueblo
About this artwork
- Title: 13c Acoma Pot stamp
- Artist: United States Postal Service
- Year: 1977
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Main color: Phthalo Green
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