U.S. #2556
1991 29¢ Javelin
Summer Olympics
Issue Date: July 12, 1991
City: Los Angeles, California
Quantity: 34,005,120
Printed By: American Bank Note Company
Printing Method: Photogravure
Perforations: 11
Color: Multicolored
The Olympic Field and Track stamps are the first computer-designed stamps. Illustrator Joni Carter, who the Postal Service describes as “a pioneer in the field of computer-designed art,” designed and illustrated the stamps with an IBM computer and advanced multimedia technology.