Object Details
- Description
- Four commemorative stamps honoring classic films from Hollywood's golden era were dedicated on March 23, 1990, in Hollywood as a prelude to the 62nd annual Academy Awards. 1990 marked the 50th anniversary of each film's having received nominations in 1939 for the 1940 Academy Awards.
- Each stamp in the block of four 25-cent stamps resembles a miniature movie poster. The stamps feature Gone with the Wind and two of its stars, Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh as Rhett Butler and Scarlett O'Hara; Beau Geste, whose stars included Gary Cooper; Stagecoach, in which John Wayne played the role of the Ringo Kid; and The Wizard of Oz, whose cast included Judy Garland as Dorothy. Dorothy's dog Toto also is pictured on the stamp.
- mint
- overall tagging
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- February 18, 1990
- Object number
- 1991.0730.19
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink; adhesive
- Place
- Kansas
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 2445
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Stars of Stage & Screen
- Women's Heritage
- popular culture
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_1991.0730.19
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm804b7279b-809b-4f91-933c-9f4b717e99e9
