USPS Perpetually Stamps Star-Spangled Banner Booklet of 20 (Fireworks)

Worth: $29.95
(as of Jul 28,2022 16:45:29 UTC – Particulars)

Issued Jan. 28, 2014 this stamp was featured on the Smithsonian’s Nationwide Museum of American Historical past to commemorate the two hundredth anniversary of the “Star-Spangled Banner.” This stamp design contains a {photograph} of the flag that flies over Fort McHenry Nationwide Monument and His­toric Shrine in Baltimore, MD. This flag is a reproduction of the one which impressed Francis Scott Key to put in writing “The Star-Spangled Banner” after realizing Fort McHenry had withstood the British assault of Sept.13-14, 1814. The image of the flag was taken towards a backdrop of fireworks throughout an annual celebration of Defenders’ Day, a authorized vacation within the state of Maryland commemorating the profitable protection of the town of Baltimore on Sept. 12, 1814 from an invading British power in the course of the Conflict of 1812. Photographer Gary Clark mentioned it was a problem to get the fireworks and the flag in the identical shot and that “the wind picked up fairly a bit that night time.” Artwork director Phil Jordan designed the stamp. The Star-Spangled Banner stamp is being issued as a Perpetually Stamp, which is equal in worth to the present First-Class Mail 1-ounce worth. This itemizing is for a double-sided booklet of 20 stamps in new situation.
Double-sided booklet of 20 perpetually stamps (12 on one aspect, 8 on the opposite). Not a minimize strip of stamps.
Options Fireworks (aka Star Spangled Banner) Design
Perpetually stamps will all the time be legitimate for top quality postage even when charges change
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