Object Details
- 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
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- June 17, 2008
- Object number
- 2008.2021.488
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink / photogravure
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 4333d
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Art & Photography
- Architecture
- Women's Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2008.2021.488
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8405a0d58-58d1-4f37-be74-8b9f6997fecd
