2000 33c Celebrate the Century,1980s: Compact Discs
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US #3190h
2000 Compact Discs – Celebrate the Century (1980s)
• Part of the ninth sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Commemorates the invention of the compact disc (CD)
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 33¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: January 12, 2000
First Day City: Titusville, Florida
Quantity Issued: 90,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.5
Tagging: Block tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To recall the creation of the CD and its huge impact on music and other industries.
About the stamp design: Pictures artwork by Robert Rodriguez of a CD with a treble clef and music staff. Includes the following text on the back: “First marketed in the US in 1983, compact discs (CDs) dramatically changed the music industry. With features such as durability, convenience, and sound quality, CDs outsold records by the end of the decade.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Florida.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: Compact discs, commonly known as CDs, were introduced in the United States in 1983. By 1986, over one million CD players were being sold each year, making them the fastest-growing consumer-electronic product ever. By the early 1990s, CDs had made vinyl albums obsolete, and started to outsell cassettes. Figures for 1997 show over 70 percent of all recorded music was purchased on CD – cassette tapes were a distant second.
Music stored on a CD is in digital form. Digital music requires a great deal of storage space. A standard computer floppy disc could only store about three seconds of music. Lasers can be focused on a much smaller area than a magnetic head, so more information can be placed in a smaller area. On a CD, one second of music can be stored in an area the size of the head of a pin. A music CD can hold a total of 15 billion bits of information, which is equal to about 74 minutes of music. It would take 1,480 floppy discs to hold that much music.
CDs have several advantages over cassettes. They last longer, offer superior quality sound, and enable the listener to select any part of a recording quickly. Because the information on a CD is read by a light beam, playing a CD causes no wear on the recording.
US #3190h
2000 Compact Discs – Celebrate the Century (1980s)
• Part of the ninth sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Commemorates the invention of the compact disc (CD)
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 33¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: January 12, 2000
First Day City: Titusville, Florida
Quantity Issued: 90,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.5
Tagging: Block tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To recall the creation of the CD and its huge impact on music and other industries.
About the stamp design: Pictures artwork by Robert Rodriguez of a CD with a treble clef and music staff. Includes the following text on the back: “First marketed in the US in 1983, compact discs (CDs) dramatically changed the music industry. With features such as durability, convenience, and sound quality, CDs outsold records by the end of the decade.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at Kennedy Space Center in Titusville, Florida.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: Compact discs, commonly known as CDs, were introduced in the United States in 1983. By 1986, over one million CD players were being sold each year, making them the fastest-growing consumer-electronic product ever. By the early 1990s, CDs had made vinyl albums obsolete, and started to outsell cassettes. Figures for 1997 show over 70 percent of all recorded music was purchased on CD – cassette tapes were a distant second.
Music stored on a CD is in digital form. Digital music requires a great deal of storage space. A standard computer floppy disc could only store about three seconds of music. Lasers can be focused on a much smaller area than a magnetic head, so more information can be placed in a smaller area. On a CD, one second of music can be stored in an area the size of the head of a pin. A music CD can hold a total of 15 billion bits of information, which is equal to about 74 minutes of music. It would take 1,480 floppy discs to hold that much music.
CDs have several advantages over cassettes. They last longer, offer superior quality sound, and enable the listener to select any part of a recording quickly. Because the information on a CD is read by a light beam, playing a CD causes no wear on the recording.