1991 29c Flags on Parade
# 2531 PB - 1991 29c Flags on Parade
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US #2531
1991 Flags on Parade
- Plate Block
- Pictures American flag, a favorite stamp subject
- Issued in honor of the first Memorial Day celebrations
Category of Stamp: Definitive
Value: 29¢, First Class Mail rate
First Day of Issue: May 30, 1991
First Day City: Waterloo, New York
Quantity Issued: 607,370,000
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Panes of 100, from printing cylinders of 400 subjects (20 across, 20 down)
Perforations: 11
Reason the stamp was issued: The Flags on Parade stamp was issued in honor of the 125th anniversary of the first Memorial Day celebration.
About the stamp design: The original concept for this stamp came from BEP artist Frank Waslick. His watercolor painting showed seven flags, randomly spaced and fluttering in the breeze. Years later, Peter Cocci was asked to modify the design using three flags. They were lined up as a spectator may see them at a parade. This was the design used for the stamp.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony took place in Waterloo, New York, where the first Memorial Day celebration was held. The first ceremony was held in 1866 to honor those who died during the Civil War.
US #2531
1991 Flags on Parade
- Plate Block
- Pictures American flag, a favorite stamp subject
- Issued in honor of the first Memorial Day celebrations
Category of Stamp: Definitive
Value: 29¢, First Class Mail rate
First Day of Issue: May 30, 1991
First Day City: Waterloo, New York
Quantity Issued: 607,370,000
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Panes of 100, from printing cylinders of 400 subjects (20 across, 20 down)
Perforations: 11
Reason the stamp was issued: The Flags on Parade stamp was issued in honor of the 125th anniversary of the first Memorial Day celebration.
About the stamp design: The original concept for this stamp came from BEP artist Frank Waslick. His watercolor painting showed seven flags, randomly spaced and fluttering in the breeze. Years later, Peter Cocci was asked to modify the design using three flags. They were lined up as a spectator may see them at a parade. This was the design used for the stamp.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony took place in Waterloo, New York, where the first Memorial Day celebration was held. The first ceremony was held in 1866 to honor those who died during the Civil War.