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20c South Dakota single

Object Details

Description
A pane of fifty 20-cent commemorative stamps featuring the official birds and flowers of the fifty states in the United States was issued April 14, 1982, in Washington, DC. Handstamp pictorial cancellations were available in each state capital.
The designers of the stamps were Arthur and Alan Singer of Jericho, New York, and the modeler was Peter Cocci. The stamps were printed in the photogravure process, with fifty stamps per pane.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (March 11, 1982).
mint
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Date
April 14, 1982
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure
Type
Postage Stamps

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