2021 First-Class Forever Stamps,Day of the Dead: Woman's Skull with Curled Hair
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US #5642
2021 Woman’s Skull with Curled Hair – Day of the Dead
- One of four stamps that became the first US postage stamps to honor the Mexican celebration known as the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Day of the Dead
Value: 58¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: September 30, 2021
First Day City: El Paso, Texas
Quantity Issued: 35,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, Overall
Why the stamp was issued: To honor the Day of the Dead celebration and its traditional sugar skull treats, memorial candles, and marigold decorations.
About the stamp design: Pictures a stylized sugar skulls decorated to resemble a woman. Additional details include lit candles, marigolds, and other colorful details representing popular Day of the Dead traditions. Artwork by Luis Fitch.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the El Paso Museum of Art in El Paso, Texas. Day of the Dead celebrations have become especially popular in Texas and other states closest to the US-Mexico border.
About the Day of the Dead set: The first US stamps to honor this traditional Mexican holiday. All four stamps picture traditional elements of the celebration. They were issued to recognize the importance of the holiday to US citizens with Mexican heritage as well as the Day of the Dead’s growing popularity within the United States. Each design includes colorful artwork by Luis Fitch.
History the stamp represents: One of the most recognizable elements of Day of the Dead celebrations is the calavera (skull). They’re molded into candies and trinkets, carved into tissue paper banners, and painted on faces. These skulls represent the cycle of life and are usually colorful and full of joy.
The rise in popularity of skull imagery is often credited to artist José Guadalupe Posada. In the early 1900s, he produced political caricatures of skeletons dressed in the elaborate clothes of the wealthy. The most famous of these was Catrina, a female skeleton wearing a large, feathery hat.
During the Day of the Dead, sugar skulls adorn altars. These colorful skulls are made of compressed sugar, but are decorated with inedible items such as foil, feathers, and beads. The names of the deceased are often carved into their foreheads. Artisans also produce skulls made of clay and wood as well as edible candies made of chocolate. Ornate skull designs are also carved into layers of tissue paper to produce papel picado (cut paper banners).
Celebrants also wear calacas (skull masks) or paint their faces to resemble skeletons. Wearing colorful clothes and a variety of flowers, they sing and dance, reminding us of the joy and celebration Day of the Dead is meant to represent.
US #5642
2021 Woman’s Skull with Curled Hair – Day of the Dead
- One of four stamps that became the first US postage stamps to honor the Mexican celebration known as the Day of the Dead (Día de los Muertos)
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Day of the Dead
Value: 58¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: September 30, 2021
First Day City: El Paso, Texas
Quantity Issued: 35,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 20
Tagging: Phosphor, Overall
Why the stamp was issued: To honor the Day of the Dead celebration and its traditional sugar skull treats, memorial candles, and marigold decorations.
About the stamp design: Pictures a stylized sugar skulls decorated to resemble a woman. Additional details include lit candles, marigolds, and other colorful details representing popular Day of the Dead traditions. Artwork by Luis Fitch.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the El Paso Museum of Art in El Paso, Texas. Day of the Dead celebrations have become especially popular in Texas and other states closest to the US-Mexico border.
About the Day of the Dead set: The first US stamps to honor this traditional Mexican holiday. All four stamps picture traditional elements of the celebration. They were issued to recognize the importance of the holiday to US citizens with Mexican heritage as well as the Day of the Dead’s growing popularity within the United States. Each design includes colorful artwork by Luis Fitch.
History the stamp represents: One of the most recognizable elements of Day of the Dead celebrations is the calavera (skull). They’re molded into candies and trinkets, carved into tissue paper banners, and painted on faces. These skulls represent the cycle of life and are usually colorful and full of joy.
The rise in popularity of skull imagery is often credited to artist José Guadalupe Posada. In the early 1900s, he produced political caricatures of skeletons dressed in the elaborate clothes of the wealthy. The most famous of these was Catrina, a female skeleton wearing a large, feathery hat.
During the Day of the Dead, sugar skulls adorn altars. These colorful skulls are made of compressed sugar, but are decorated with inedible items such as foil, feathers, and beads. The names of the deceased are often carved into their foreheads. Artisans also produce skulls made of clay and wood as well as edible candies made of chocolate. Ornate skull designs are also carved into layers of tissue paper to produce papel picado (cut paper banners).
Celebrants also wear calacas (skull masks) or paint their faces to resemble skeletons. Wearing colorful clothes and a variety of flowers, they sing and dance, reminding us of the joy and celebration Day of the Dead is meant to represent.