Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued a 33-cent Thomas Wolfe commemorative stamp in Asheville, North Carolina, on October 3, 2000. The stamp, designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, and illustrated by Michael Deas of New Orleans, Louisiana, went on sale nationwide October 4, 2000.
- This stamp celebrated the 100th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Wolfe, considered one of the greatest American autobiographical novelists of the twentieth century.
- Born October 3, 1900, Wolfe is best known for his novel "Look Homeward, Angel (1929)," based on his early life in North Carolina. He also wrote "Of Time and the River (1935)," "The Web and the Rock (1939)," and "You Can't Go Home Again (1940)," His last two books were published posthumously. Wolfe died September 15, 1938, at the age of 37.
- Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., produced 53 million stamps in the offset process with microprinting "Author."
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (August 24, 2000).
- 33-cent
- Pane of 20
- Issued October 3, 2000
- multicolored
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- 2000
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive
- Dimensions
- 15 x 18.5 cm (5 7/8 x 7 5/16 in.)
- Type
- Postage Stamps
