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Ernest J. Gaines Stamps 2023
$29.99
$60.00
- Availability: In Stock
- Model EJGF63SS
- SKU: 482904
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The 46th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors author Ernest J. Gaines (1933–2019). Best known for such novels as The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman and A Lesson Before Dying, Gaines drew from his childhood as the son of sharecroppers on a Louisiana plantation to explore the untold stories of rural African Americans.
- Issue: Ernest J. Gaines Stamp
- Forever 63¢
- Item Number: 482900
- Denomination & First-Class Mail Forever
- Type of Issue:
- Format: Pane of 20 (1 designs)
- Series: Black Heritage
- Issue Date & City: January 23, 2023, Lafayette, LA, 70501
- Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
- Designer: Mike Ryan, Charlottesville, VA
- Artist: Robert Peterson, Lawton, OK
- Modeler: Sandra Lane / Michelle Finn
- Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint
- Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
- Press Type: Alprinta 74
- Stamps per Pane: 20
- Print Quantity: 35,000,000 stamps
- Paper Type: Phosphor, Block Tag
- Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
- Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Pantone 3597
- Stamp Orientation: Vertical
- Front: Header: “Black Heritage, Celebrating Ernest J. Gaines, 46th in a series” • Plate number in bottom 2 corners
- Back: ©2022 USPS • USPS logo • Two barcodes (482900) • Plate position diagram (9) • Promotional text
Tags:
Black History