Object Details
- Description
- On May 25, 2007, in Los Angeles, California, the Postal Service issued the 41-cent Star Wars commemorative stamps in fifteen designs. Terrence McCaffrey and William J.Gicker, Jr., of the US Postal Service designed the stamps.
- The commemorative sheet features artwork by longtime Star Wars poster artist Drew Struzan of Pasadena, California. The sheet includes the following fifteen first-class stamps that show familiar characters and vehicles from the six movies in the saga: ?Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker, ?Han Solo and Chewbacca, ?Princess Leia Organa and R2- D2, C-3PO, ?Yoda, ?Obi-Wan Kenobi, and Emperor Palpatine.
- 450 million Star Wars stamps were issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) commemorative sheet of fifteen stamps.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (April 26, 2007).
- mint
- Credit line
- ©2007 Lucasfilm Ltd. & TM. All rights reserved. Used under authorization. Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- May 27, 2007
- Object number
- 2007.2022.238
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored)/ lithographed
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 4143g
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- Stars of Stage & Screen
- popular culture
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2007.2022.238
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm86c2700a4-4954-4dde-8e07-a0318251c184
