Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service promoted literacy with a block of four 29-cent Classic Books stamps issued on October 23, 1993, in Louisville, Kentucky. The stamps feature images of four of America' most beloved and popular stories -- "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," "Little House on the Prairie," "Little Women," and "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm."
- The issuance of the Youth Classics stamps was in conjunction with the annual conference of Literacy Volunteers of America, Inc., which celebrated thirty-one years of service in 1993.
- The Postal Service also partnered with the Library of Congress in a 1993 national reading promotion campaign. As part of the promotion, the Youth Classics stamps were featured on a poster that saluted the theme "Books Change Lives." The poster, which was designed to remind Americans of the joys of reading and stamp collecting, appeared in libraries nationwide.
- Designed by Jim Lamb of Issaquah, Washington, the stamps were printed in the offset/intaglio process by the American Bank Note Company.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (September 30, 1993).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- July 30, 1993
- Object number
- 1994.2073.263.23.4
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed; engraved
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 2788
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Literature
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- Women's Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1994.2073.263.23.4
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8247e9f5c-3022-4d1c-9a72-8e09dd950837
