Object Details
- Description
- The 15-cent Summer Olympics commemorative stamps were first placed on sale at Los Angeles, California, on September 28, 1979. The block of four stamps features women runners, women swimmers, a pair of rowers, and a horse and rider clearing a jump.
- These stamps, which commemorate the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, were released prior to the US-led boycott of the games due to the Soviet's invasion of Afghanistan. The United States did not participate in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
- The stamps were designed by Robert M. Cunningham and were issued in sheets of fifty.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (August 9, 1979).
- Mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- September 28, 1979
- Object number
- 1993.2070.11
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure
- Place
- Moskva (province)
- Russia
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 1794
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Sports
- Organizations & Associations
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1993.2070.11
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm89a882f16-10fd-4a44-96e6-be209abaa918
