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Delsarte |
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information |
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US
postage stamp
The
2005 Commemorative Stamp Program
Stamp
News Release Number 04-076
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Media
Contact: Community Relations 202-268-4924
www.usps.com
December 2, 2004 |
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To
Form a More Perfect Union
(10)
The
courage and achievement of
the men and women who struggled
to bring the vision of the
nation's founders closer to
reality during the civil rights
movement will be recognized
on a pane of 10 stamps. Stamp
designer Ethel Kessler uses
details from contemporary
artworks to illustrate the
historical events commemorated
on this stamp pane. |
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This
postage stamp featuring a
Delsarte painting will be
released in August 2005. The
image used on the selvage
depicting Martin Luther King
Jr. is a detail from a painting
made by Louis Delsarte in
2000, From Selma to
Montgomery. |
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