AboutThe Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
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New This Month The second stamp in the Black Heritage USA series went on sale in Atlanta, Ga., on January 13. The stamp, which is pictured at right, honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., and is issued to coincide with his birthday, Jan. 15. It goes on sale nationwide on that date and will be available in sheet form only, 50 stamps to a sheet. The stamp bears the 15 cents denomination. Designed by Jerry J . Pinkney of Crotón - on - Hudson, N.Y., there will be 150 million stamps issued. Collectors of covers, who don't make arrangements for first-day issuance, can do so by sending $1.00 to the Association for the Study of Afro-American Life and History in Washington, D.C. The address there is 1401 14th St., NW, Washington, D.C., 20005. This is the second in die Black Heritage series. The first stamp bore a likeness of Harriet Tub- man, and was issued on Feb. 1, 1978. That stamp had a 13-cent denomination.
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New This Month Clipping from unidentified newspaper or magazine describing the issuance of the Martin Luther King, Jr. U.S. postage stamp. The stamp is the second in the Black Heritage USA series and has a 15¢ denomination. The stamp is pictured in the clipping. It shows a portrait of Dr. King overlooking a scene of him leading a march. The stamp was designed by Jerry J. Pinkney. Location: Moorland-Spingarn Research Center, Howard University Access Conditions: fair use Download printable version of entire document (PDF) Seeing the full-sized document: Internet Explorer resizes images that are too large to display in your browser window. To see the larger image at its actual size, mouse over the image and click the Automatic Image Resizing icon in the lower-right corner. Firefox users: Mouse over the image and click to see the image at full size. |
