2024 First-Class Forever Stamp,Photographs by Ansel Adams: Tetons & Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
# 5854j - 2024 First-Class Forever Stamp - Photographs by Ansel Adams: Tetons & Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming
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US #5854j
2024 Tetons and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942 – Ansel Adams
• Part of the set honoring influential 20th century American photographer Ansel Adams and marks the 40th anniversary of his death
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Ansel Adams
Value: 68¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 15, 2024
First Day City: Yosemite National Park, California
Quantity Issued: 20,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 16
Tagging: Phosphor, Block Tag
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate Ansel Adams and the huge impact his photography had on the art world and environmentalism in the United States.
About the stamp design: Shows a black-and-white photograph taken by Adams in 1942. Pictures a view of the Snake River winding through the Tetons in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park, California.
History the stamps represent: In 1941, Ansel Adams received an invitation from the secretary of the Interior. He was asked to produce mural-sized photographs of America’s national parks to hang in the office of the Department of the Interior. Adams saw it as a great honor “not merely to picture these American holdings but to produce persuasive artistic statements about their value to the nation’s citizens.”
Adams set out on the first leg of his trip in October 1941. However, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that December plunged the US into World War II. Worried that his project would no longer be funded, he penned a heartfelt letter to the Department of the Interior, saying that his photos were an important emotional representation of “what we are fighting for.” Adams was able to continue his trip the following summer. With the nation at war, his photos featured scenes of natural force and strength, symbols to inspire the nation. In 2010, 26 of the photos were hung in the Interior Building, finally fulfilling their purpose.
Among the photos Adams took for the mural project was The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, which is featured on a 2024 US stamp. In 2020, a mural-sized print of the photo sold for $988,000, breaking the record for the highest price paid for an Ansel Adams print.
US #5854j
2024 Tetons and Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming, 1942 – Ansel Adams
• Part of the set honoring influential 20th century American photographer Ansel Adams and marks the 40th anniversary of his death
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: Ansel Adams
Value: 68¢ First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: May 15, 2024
First Day City: Yosemite National Park, California
Quantity Issued: 20,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Panes of 16
Tagging: Phosphor, Block Tag
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate Ansel Adams and the huge impact his photography had on the art world and environmentalism in the United States.
About the stamp design: Shows a black-and-white photograph taken by Adams in 1942. Pictures a view of the Snake River winding through the Tetons in Grand Teton National Park, Wyoming.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Ansel Adams Gallery in Yosemite National Park, California.
History the stamps represent: In 1941, Ansel Adams received an invitation from the secretary of the Interior. He was asked to produce mural-sized photographs of America’s national parks to hang in the office of the Department of the Interior. Adams saw it as a great honor “not merely to picture these American holdings but to produce persuasive artistic statements about their value to the nation’s citizens.”
Adams set out on the first leg of his trip in October 1941. However, the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor that December plunged the US into World War II. Worried that his project would no longer be funded, he penned a heartfelt letter to the Department of the Interior, saying that his photos were an important emotional representation of “what we are fighting for.” Adams was able to continue his trip the following summer. With the nation at war, his photos featured scenes of natural force and strength, symbols to inspire the nation. In 2010, 26 of the photos were hung in the Interior Building, finally fulfilling their purpose.
Among the photos Adams took for the mural project was The Tetons and the Snake River, Grand Teton National Park, which is featured on a 2024 US stamp. In 2020, a mural-sized print of the photo sold for $988,000, breaking the record for the highest price paid for an Ansel Adams print.