Object Details
- Description
- The 18-cent Flag postage stamps in sheet, coil, and book forms were placed on sale on April 24, 1981, in Portland, Maine. Designed by Peter Cocci, each form of the stamp features a design depicting a phrase from "America the Beautiful." The stamps were engraved through the intaglio process. The book was available for vending machines only.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (March 26, 1981).
- mint
- "... from sea to shining sea"
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- April 24, 1981
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / engraving
- Type
- Postage Stamps
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