Object Details
- Depicts
- James Dean, American, 1931 - 1955
- Description
- The Postal Service honored actor James Dean with the issuance of a 32-cent commemorative stamp, in a pane of twenty, on June 24, 1996, in Burbank, California. This was the second stamp issued in the Legends of Hollywood Series.
- Designed by Michael Deas of New Orleans, Louisiana, the stamp portrays Dean, based on an image from a photograph taken by Roy Schatt in 1954. Michael Deas also designed the Marilyn Monroe and Tennessee Williams stamps.
- Actor James Dean was born on February 8, 1931, in Marion, Indiana. During his brief career, he quickly became a teen idol because his work spoke for the youth of the 1950s. He starred in only three movies: "East of Eden (1954)," "Rebel Without a Cause (1955)," and "Giant (1955)," before his untimely death in a car crash on September 30, 1955, near Cholame, California. Both "Rebel Without a Cause" and "Giant" were released after his death.
- Stamp Venturers, Inc., printed the stamp using the gravure process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (May 23, 1996).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- June 24, 1996
- Object number
- 1998.2008.226
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / photogravure
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 3082
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Stars of Stage & Screen
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1998.2008.226
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm87a15ed4e-883d-44c2-9eb1-3b14ed48b335
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