42c Christmas Card Depicting Charles and Ray Eames single
Object Details
- Date
- June 17, 2008
- Description
- On June 17, 2008, in Santa Monica, California, the Postal Service issued a pane of 42-cent stamps honoring Charles and Ray Eames in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) commemorative sheet of sixteen.
- Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, designed the stamps. Honoring the husband-and-wife design team Charles and Ray Eames, this commemorative sheet of sixteen stamps represents the breadth of their extraordinary body of creative work, which includes architecture, furniture, film, and exhibits.
- Avery Dennison, Clinton, South Carolina, printed 24 million stamps using the gravure process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (May 22, 2008).
- mint
- Place
- United States of America
- Topic
- Art & Photography
- Architecture
- Women's Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- See All U.S. Stamps
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Credit line
- © Eames Office LLC 2007. Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Object number
- 2008.2021.485
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink / photogravure
- Record ID
- npm_2008.2021.485
On June 17, 2008, in Santa Monica, California, the Postal Service issued a pane of 42-cent stamps honoring Charles and Ray Eames in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) commemorative sheet of sixteen.
Derry Noyes of Washington, DC, designed the stamps. Honoring the husband-and-wife design team Charles and Ray Eames, this commemorative sheet of sixteen stamps represents the breadth of their extraordinary body of creative work, which includes architecture, furniture, film, and exhibits.
Avery Dennison, Clinton, South Carolina, printed 24 million stamps using the gravure process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (May 22, 2008).
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