Object Details
- Description
- On May 1, 2009, in Washington, DC, the US Postal Service issued the 44-cent definitive US Flag stamp. The stamp was designed by Terrence W. McCaffrey, USPS. It depicts a detail of an American flag from a photograph by Rick Barrentine of Duluth, Georgia. The detail, showing a softly folded flag, features most prominently the starry blue field, with red-and-white stripes occupying the remaining space.
- The stamp was available in a pressure-sensitive adhesive coil of 3,000 and 10,000 and a water-activated gum coil of 3,000.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin, March 26, 2009.
- unused
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- May 8, 2009
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Medium
- paper; ink / photogravure
- Type
- Postage Stamps
