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Diaporama44c Anna Julia Cooper 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 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
About this artwork
- Title: 44c Anna Julia Cooper stamp
- Artist: United States Postal Service
- Year: 2009
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
- Color palette: Earthy
- Color intensity: Monochromatic
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