1995 32c Comic Strip Classics: Barney Google
# 3000i - 1995 32c Comic Strip Classics: Barney Google
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U.S. #3000i
1995 32¢ Barney Google
Comic Strip Classics
- Third sheet in the Classic Collection Series
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Comic Strip Classics
Value: 32¢, rate for first-class mail
First Day of Issue: October 1, 1995
First Day Cities: Boca Raton, Florida
Quantity Issued: 300,000,000
Printed by: Stamp Venturers
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Panes of 20 in sheets of 120
Perforations: 10.1 x 10.2
Why the stamps were issued: The Comic Strip Classics sheet was the third issue in the Classic Collection Series. There was push to create a stamp to honor American comics as early as the 1960’s, but didn’t get real consideration until 1993. With the 100th anniversary of the comic The Yellow Kid, a comic committee, and an 83-page proposal the USPS finally agreed.
About the stamp designs: Even though only one stamp was approved, Terrence McCaffrey, head of stamp design, thought there was no way to honor American Comics with one single stamp. Therefore, he had a list of all proposed stamps and had Carl Herrman, art director, mock up a sheet of 20 stamps. McCaffrey wanted all the stamps to be taken from original panels by their respected artist. Herrmann worked on going through thousands of panels to find comics of the 20 chosen that showed the central theme of the comic in one panel with clean lines. Then with the help of American Color, that colorizes most of the comics in American newspapers, he was able to colorize them with accurate color choices, even those that were outdated.
Barney Google (#3000i) – The panel finally found for this stamp, Herrman said, “it was almost as if it was made for the stamp format.” It was everything they needed to capture all the importance of Barney Google.
About the printing process: In order to include the text on the back of each stamp, it had to be printed under the gum, so that it would still be visible if a stamp was soaked off an envelope. Because people would need to lick the stamps, the ink had to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration as non-toxic. The printer also used an extra-fine 300-line screen, which resulted in some of the highest-quality gravure stamp printings in recent years.
History the stamps represent:
Barney Google
Barney Google is probably the best known in a marvelous parade of characters created Billy DeBeck. Other popular characters included the racehorse Spark Plug and hillbilly Snuffy Smith. Barney made his first appearance in a sports-oriented strip called Take Barney Google, F’rinstance which appeared in major Hearst morning papers in 1919. Although a hen-pecked family man, Barney still had a roguish sensibility.
In 1922, a wistful, knock-kneed racehorse named Spark Plug entered the scene, and the strip changed its name to Barney Google and Spark Plug. The story of a perpetual loser and his racehorse changed somewhat, as did the name of the strip, when Barney met up with the hillbilly Snuffy Smith in 1934.
U.S. #3000i
1995 32¢ Barney Google
Comic Strip Classics
- Third sheet in the Classic Collection Series
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Comic Strip Classics
Value: 32¢, rate for first-class mail
First Day of Issue: October 1, 1995
First Day Cities: Boca Raton, Florida
Quantity Issued: 300,000,000
Printed by: Stamp Venturers
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Panes of 20 in sheets of 120
Perforations: 10.1 x 10.2
Why the stamps were issued: The Comic Strip Classics sheet was the third issue in the Classic Collection Series. There was push to create a stamp to honor American comics as early as the 1960’s, but didn’t get real consideration until 1993. With the 100th anniversary of the comic The Yellow Kid, a comic committee, and an 83-page proposal the USPS finally agreed.
About the stamp designs: Even though only one stamp was approved, Terrence McCaffrey, head of stamp design, thought there was no way to honor American Comics with one single stamp. Therefore, he had a list of all proposed stamps and had Carl Herrman, art director, mock up a sheet of 20 stamps. McCaffrey wanted all the stamps to be taken from original panels by their respected artist. Herrmann worked on going through thousands of panels to find comics of the 20 chosen that showed the central theme of the comic in one panel with clean lines. Then with the help of American Color, that colorizes most of the comics in American newspapers, he was able to colorize them with accurate color choices, even those that were outdated.
Barney Google (#3000i) – The panel finally found for this stamp, Herrman said, “it was almost as if it was made for the stamp format.” It was everything they needed to capture all the importance of Barney Google.
About the printing process: In order to include the text on the back of each stamp, it had to be printed under the gum, so that it would still be visible if a stamp was soaked off an envelope. Because people would need to lick the stamps, the ink had to be approved by the Food and Drug Administration as non-toxic. The printer also used an extra-fine 300-line screen, which resulted in some of the highest-quality gravure stamp printings in recent years.
History the stamps represent:
Barney Google
Barney Google is probably the best known in a marvelous parade of characters created Billy DeBeck. Other popular characters included the racehorse Spark Plug and hillbilly Snuffy Smith. Barney made his first appearance in a sports-oriented strip called Take Barney Google, F’rinstance which appeared in major Hearst morning papers in 1919. Although a hen-pecked family man, Barney still had a roguish sensibility.
In 1922, a wistful, knock-kneed racehorse named Spark Plug entered the scene, and the strip changed its name to Barney Google and Spark Plug. The story of a perpetual loser and his racehorse changed somewhat, as did the name of the strip, when Barney met up with the hillbilly Snuffy Smith in 1934.