3c Edgar Allan Poe single
Object Details
- Printer
- Bureau of Engraving and Printing
- Depicts
- Edgar Allan Poe, American, 1809 - 1849
- Description
- This Edgar Allan Poe Issue stamp features a portrait of Edgar Allen Poe. Poe was a poet, writer, editor and literary critic. Poe’s writing style was influenced by dark romanticism and one of his most famous works is “The Raven.” He was born in Boston, Massachusetts. He was orphaned at a young age and grew up in Richmond, Virginia. He attended the United States Military Academy at West Point for a short while, but was eventually expelled. He died of an unknown cause in Baltimore, Maryland.
- United States; Massachusetts; Virginia; New York; Maryland; Edgar Allan Poe; gothic; author; portrait
- October 7, 1949
- Object number
- 1980.2493.4083
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (bright red violet); adhesive / engraving
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 986
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Literature
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1980.2493.4083
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8371e1fc0-5ac4-42fc-bf8e-8e2ebb98853c
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