File:Stamp 1932 USA MiNr0349 pm B002.jpg
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[edit]DescriptionStamp 1932 USA MiNr0349 pm B002.jpg |
Stamp of the United States of America; 1932; commemorative stamp of the issue "10th Olympic Summer Games 1932" in Los Angeles;Stamp mitive with the "Discobolus"-Figure of the sculptor Myron (around 500 - after 440 BC) as representant of the Classic period in the antique Greece. The copy of the not preserving figure was created in Munich with the head of a man with name Lancelotti and a body of a sculpture in the Vatican.; The competitions of the "10th Olympic Summer Games" took place in the time from 30 July 1932 until 14 August 1932 date QS:P,+1932-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P580,+1932-07-30T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1932-08-14T00:00:00Z/11 in Los Angeles (USA).; stamp postmarked by machine cancellationStamp: Michel: No. 349; Yvert & Tellier: No. 315; Scott: No. 719 date QS:P,+1932-06-15T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1932-06-15T00:00:00Z/11 Stamp size: (printed area of a single stamp): 19.0 x 22.5 mm |
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from 15 June 1932 date QS:P,+1932-06-15T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1932-06-15T00:00:00Z/11 (first issue date of the stamp) |
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Source | scan of original | |||||||
Author | "Postal Administration of the United States of Amrica" ("U.S.Postal Service") | |||||||
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Picture description | "Discololus"-figure by Myron (Classic Greek from 5th Century B.C.) |
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First day of issue | |
Publisher | "Postal Administration of the United States of Amrica" ("U.S.Postal Service") |
Design | Unknown authorUnknown author, probably "Claire Audrey Huston" (designer) and "Alvin Meissner" (engraver), both worked for the US-American "Bureau of Engraving and Printing" ("BEP") and created in the same year 1932 the definitive series of the USA which was printed at the BEP too. The style of the stamp picture indices to Mrs. Huston. |
Printer | “Bureau of Engraving and printing" (BEP) |
Printing technique | Recess printing (Rotogravure) |
Circulation | 57,376,100 |
Perforation | Line perforation, L 11 : 10½ |
MICHEL Nr. | Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Nr. 349 |
SCOTT Nr. | United States of America, No. 719 |
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current | 15:47, 29 January 2022 | 732 × 837 (305 KB) | Katharinaiv (talk | contribs) | == {{int:filedesc}} == {{Information |Description=Stamp of the United States of America; 1932; commemorative stamp of the issue "10th Olympic Summer Games 1932" in Los Angeles;Stamp mitive with the "Discobolus"-Figure of the sculptor Myron (around 500 - after 440 BC) as representant of the Classic period in the antique Greece. The copy of the not preserving figure was created in Munich with the head of a man with name Lancelotti and a body of a sculpture in the Vatican.; The competitions of t... |
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