Object Details
- Description
- On September 14, 2007, in Santa Ana, California, the Postal Service issued a 41-cent Mendez v. Westminster commemorative stamp. Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland, designed the stamp.
- This issue marks the sixtieth anniversary of a groundbreaking World War II-era legal case in which a group of civic-minded Hispanic parents in California successfully sued to end segregation in their schools. According to the stamp's art director and designer, Ethel Kessler, the illustration by Rafael Lopez, a native of Mexico City who maintains his studio in San Diego, California, "masterfully integrated the look of the Mexican muralists with the idea of looking forward to the light."
- Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., printed 40 million stamps in the offset process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (August 16, 2007).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- September 14, 2007
- Object number
- 2007.2025.1
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink(multicolored)
- Place
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 4201
- National Postal Museum
- Topic
- Hispanic Heritage
- Education & Teaching
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2007.2025.1
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm861c6eb41-6def-4492-9547-3b8537b25232
