32c 50th Anniversary of Berlin Airlift
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service commemorated the 50th anniversary of the Berlin Airlift with the issuance of a 32-cent Berlin Airlift commemorative stamp on June 26, 1998, in Berlin, Germany. The stamp went on sale in the United States on June 27, 1998.
- The stamp depicts a C-54 cargo plane flying over a gathering of civilians cut off from supplies during the Soviet blockade. In the background are images of the ruins left behind by WWII Allied bombing raids.
- Designed by Howard Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, and illustrated by Bill Bond of Arlington, Virginia, the stamp was issued in a water-activated pane of twenty and printed by the Banknote Corporation of America, Inc., in the offset process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (June 4, 1998).
- mint
- multicolored
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- June 26, 1998
- Object number
- 2002.2009.9
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink; adhesive
- Dimensions
- 2.5 x 4 cm (1 x 1 9/16 in.)
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 3211
- Topic
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- Planes & Pilots
- Humanitarian Causes
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2002.2009.9
