22c Mary McLeod Bethune stamp
Digital- Digital
- Contemporary Commemorative
1985- Modern
Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
United States Postal Service (? – ?)
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The 22-cent stamp commemorating the noted educator and social activist Mary McLeod Bethune, the eighth in the Black Heritage Series, was issued March 5, 1985, in Washington, DC. The dedication ceremony was held at the Departmental Auditorium.Mary McLeod Bethune was born in Mayesville, South Carolina, in 1875. She was one of seventeen children in her family. Through the beneficence of a rural school teacher, she was taken out of her family
About this artwork
- Title: 22c Mary McLeod Bethune stamp
- Artist: United States Postal Service
- Year: 1985
- Format: Portrait
- Copyright status: Under copyright
- Where to see it: Smithsonian's National Postal Museum
- Medium: Digital
- Creative period: Contemporary
- Corpus context: us postal service identity, civil rights symbolism"
- Keywords: vintage stamp art, graphic design stamp, commemorative art
Quick Facts
- Title: 22c Mary McLeod Bethune stamp
- Artistic style: Illustrative and commemorative
- Artist: United States Postal Service
- Subject or theme: Mary McLeod Bethune, Black Heritage
- Medium: Digital printing/scanning
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