2022 First-Class Forever Stamp,Title IX: Swimmer

# 5669 - 2022 First-Class Forever Stamp - Title IX: Swimmer

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US #5669
2022 Swimmer – Title IX

  • One of four stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX


Stamp Category: 
Commemorative

Set:  Title IX
Value:  First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue:  March 3, 2022
First Day City:  Washington, DC
Quantity Issued:  30,000,000
Printed by:  Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method:  Offset
Format:  Panes of 20
Tagging:  Nonphosphored type III, block tag

Why the stamp was issued:  To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passing of the civil rights law known as Title IX.

About the stamp design:  Pictures a dark blue silhouettes of a female swimmer adorned with yellow laurel branches symbolizing victory.  The stamp was designed by artist Melinda Beck.

First Day City:  The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the US Department of Education in Washington, DC, an appropriate choice given that Title IX was passed as a clause in the Education Amendments of 1972.

About the Title IX set:  Four stamp designs picturing silhouettes of female athletes all crowned with yellow laurel branches representing victory.  The designs represent the idea that Title IX has allowed talented female athletes to compete fairly and without discrimination based on their gender.

History the stamp represents:  Athlete Tracy Anne Caulkins (Stockwell) began her swimming career at an early age.  She was inspired by the 1972 Munich Olympics and became determined to win her own gold medal one day.  She began her training at age 9, and competed in her first US National Swimming Championships just four years later in 1976.  The following year, she set US records in the 200-yard and 400-yard individual medley events as well as the 100-yard breaststroke.

When she was just 15, Caulkins won five gold medals at the 1978 World Championships in West Berlin and was presented the James E. Sullivan Award from the Amateur Athletic Union.  This recognized her as the most outstanding American amateur athlete of the year.  After competing and winning medals at the 1979 Pan American Games, she was a favorite to join the 1980 Olympic team.  However, the United States boycotted those games, so she was unable to compete.

Caulkins attended the University of Florida and continued her training on their swimming and diving team from 1982 to 1984.  Finally, in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games, Caulkins realized her childhood dream and won not one but four gold medals for swimming.

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US #5669
2022 Swimmer – Title IX

  • One of four stamps celebrating the 50th anniversary of Title IX


Stamp Category: 
Commemorative

Set:  Title IX
Value:  First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue:  March 3, 2022
First Day City:  Washington, DC
Quantity Issued:  30,000,000
Printed by:  Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method:  Offset
Format:  Panes of 20
Tagging:  Nonphosphored type III, block tag

Why the stamp was issued:  To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passing of the civil rights law known as Title IX.

About the stamp design:  Pictures a dark blue silhouettes of a female swimmer adorned with yellow laurel branches symbolizing victory.  The stamp was designed by artist Melinda Beck.

First Day City:  The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the US Department of Education in Washington, DC, an appropriate choice given that Title IX was passed as a clause in the Education Amendments of 1972.

About the Title IX set:  Four stamp designs picturing silhouettes of female athletes all crowned with yellow laurel branches representing victory.  The designs represent the idea that Title IX has allowed talented female athletes to compete fairly and without discrimination based on their gender.

History the stamp represents:  Athlete Tracy Anne Caulkins (Stockwell) began her swimming career at an early age.  She was inspired by the 1972 Munich Olympics and became determined to win her own gold medal one day.  She began her training at age 9, and competed in her first US National Swimming Championships just four years later in 1976.  The following year, she set US records in the 200-yard and 400-yard individual medley events as well as the 100-yard breaststroke.

When she was just 15, Caulkins won five gold medals at the 1978 World Championships in West Berlin and was presented the James E. Sullivan Award from the Amateur Athletic Union.  This recognized her as the most outstanding American amateur athlete of the year.  After competing and winning medals at the 1979 Pan American Games, she was a favorite to join the 1980 Olympic team.  However, the United States boycotted those games, so she was unable to compete.

Caulkins attended the University of Florida and continued her training on their swimming and diving team from 1982 to 1984.  Finally, in the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Olympic Games, Caulkins realized her childhood dream and won not one but four gold medals for swimming.