2020 55c Bugs Bunny,Super-Rabbit
# 5501 - 2020 55c Bugs Bunny - Super-Rabbit
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US #5501
2020 Super-Rabbit – Bugs Bunny
- One of 10 stamp designs celebrating Bugs Bunny’s 80th birthday
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Bugs Bunny
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: July 27, 2020
First Day City: Burbank, California
Quantity Issued: 50,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, overall
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate the 80th anniversary of Bugs Bunny’s official screen debut.
About the stamp designs: Pictures a one of Bugs Bunny’s iconic personas – super-rabbit. The artwork came directly from Warner Bros. animation artists who also created the sketches on the reverse side of the complete pane of 20 stamps.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic with a First Day of Issue postmark from Burbank, California, home of Warner Bros.
About the Bugs Bunny set: Includes 10 different stamp designs issued in honor of Bugs Bunny’s debut on screen in 1940. Each design pictures a different on of Bugs’ famous personas: a barber, basketball player, Hollywood celebrity, court jester, Brünhilde, mermaid, piano player, super-rabbit, baseball player, and soldier. The set also honors Bugs’ place in popular culture and animation history.
History the stamp represents: In most Bugs Bunny cartoons, Bugs simply masquerades as someone else. He pretends to be a sheriff or a hunter or a beautiful lady. While his acting is always superb, he rarely actually changes into someone else. However, in 1943’s Super-Rabbit, directed by Chuck Jones, Bugs does just that.
The episode opens on a scientist named Professor Cannafraz, who is developing a “super carrot.” He decides to test his invention out on Rabbitus idioticus americanus (Bugs) to see if it works. Unable to resist a carrot, Bugs eats it right away and is suddenly gifted with super powers. While the effects eventually wear off, his super powers remain as long as he continues to eat the carrots.
Bugs decides to take his new abilities to “Deepinaharta, Texas.” He has heard tale of a hunter there who wants to take down every rabbit in the area. Bugs finds the hunter immediately and begins to show off his powers. He repels the hunter’s bullets, dribbles a cannonball like a basketball, and even rips the hunter’s airplane out of the sky.
In an unfortunate turn of events, the hunter and his horse eat Bugs’ remaining super carrots. He is forced to revert to his usual method of escaping trouble by disguising himself. It turns out that the art of the costume is Bugs’ true super power.
US #5501
2020 Super-Rabbit – Bugs Bunny
- One of 10 stamp designs celebrating Bugs Bunny’s 80th birthday
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Bugs Bunny
Value: 55¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: July 27, 2020
First Day City: Burbank, California
Quantity Issued: 50,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, overall
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate the 80th anniversary of Bugs Bunny’s official screen debut.
About the stamp designs: Pictures a one of Bugs Bunny’s iconic personas – super-rabbit. The artwork came directly from Warner Bros. animation artists who also created the sketches on the reverse side of the complete pane of 20 stamps.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held virtually due to the Covid-19 pandemic with a First Day of Issue postmark from Burbank, California, home of Warner Bros.
About the Bugs Bunny set: Includes 10 different stamp designs issued in honor of Bugs Bunny’s debut on screen in 1940. Each design pictures a different on of Bugs’ famous personas: a barber, basketball player, Hollywood celebrity, court jester, Brünhilde, mermaid, piano player, super-rabbit, baseball player, and soldier. The set also honors Bugs’ place in popular culture and animation history.
History the stamp represents: In most Bugs Bunny cartoons, Bugs simply masquerades as someone else. He pretends to be a sheriff or a hunter or a beautiful lady. While his acting is always superb, he rarely actually changes into someone else. However, in 1943’s Super-Rabbit, directed by Chuck Jones, Bugs does just that.
The episode opens on a scientist named Professor Cannafraz, who is developing a “super carrot.” He decides to test his invention out on Rabbitus idioticus americanus (Bugs) to see if it works. Unable to resist a carrot, Bugs eats it right away and is suddenly gifted with super powers. While the effects eventually wear off, his super powers remain as long as he continues to eat the carrots.
Bugs decides to take his new abilities to “Deepinaharta, Texas.” He has heard tale of a hunter there who wants to take down every rabbit in the area. Bugs finds the hunter immediately and begins to show off his powers. He repels the hunter’s bullets, dribbles a cannonball like a basketball, and even rips the hunter’s airplane out of the sky.
In an unfortunate turn of events, the hunter and his horse eat Bugs’ remaining super carrots. He is forced to revert to his usual method of escaping trouble by disguising himself. It turns out that the art of the costume is Bugs’ true super power.