USA #1771, 1804, 1860, 1865...2496, 2567, 2617 (Black Heritage, USPS Book)

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

1771,1804

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Unused

Centering

VF

Stamp Format

Single

Topic

Cultural - Black Heritage

Year of Issue

1991

Item Description

LIKE NEW --- USPS Hardcover Book: "I HAVE A DREAM: A Collection of Black Americans on U.S. Postage Stamps. This book, devoted to the 54-plus black-related stamp and stationery items issued by the USPS at the time (1991) includes:

18 MNH stamps in archival mounts, not attached to book pages: USA #1771 (Martin Luther King Jr), 1804 (Benjamin Banneker), 1860 (Ralph Bunch), 1865 (Charles R. Drew MD), 1875 (Whitney Moore Young), 2016 (Jackie Robinson), 2044 (Scott Joplin), 2073 (Carter G. Woodson), 2137 (Mary McLeod Bethune), 2203 (Sojourner Truth), 2211 (Duke Ellington), 2249 (Jean Baptiste Pointe du Sable), 2371 (James Weldon Johnson), 2402 (A. Philip Randolph), 2442 (Ida B. Wells), 2496 (Jesse Owens), 2567 (Jan E. Matzeliger), 2616 (W.E.B. DuBois)

An introduction by Alex Haley, author of the renowned novel "Roots"
28 dramatic portraits of famous black Americans painted especially for this collections by noted black artist and stamp designer Thomas Blackshear II
Text detailing the lives and achievements of 28 key black men and women who have been  commemorated on U.S. stamps.

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