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1964 5c New York World's Fair
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U.S. #1244
5¢ New York World's Fair
Issue Date: April 22, 1964
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 145,700,000
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10 1/2
Color: Blue green
This 5-cent stamp was issued to commemorate the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens across two seasons. The fair operated under the theme "Peace Through Understanding" and drew more than 51 million admissions over its run, making it one of the largest expositions in American history. Organized by Robert Moses and spread across 646 acres, it featured 140 pavilions representing dozens of countries, U.S. states, and major corporations, all gathered under the banner of showcasing human achievement in what the fair billed as a shrinking globe and an expanding universe.
The stamp depicts the two most recognizable landmarks of the fairgrounds. The Unisphere, a 140-foot stainless steel globe built by U.S. Steel to symbolize the Space Age, dominated the center of the grounds and remains standing in Flushing Meadows Park today. The figure beside it on the stamp represents the Rocket Thrower, a bronze sculpture by Donald De Lue that stood at the fair's Federal and State Area. The exhibits that drew the largest crowds included the Vatican pavilion, which displayed Michelangelo's Pieta, and General Motors' Futurama II, which carried visitors on a moving ride through a vision of the world in 2064. Walt Disney designed several attractions for the fair, including an early version of the ride that would later open at Disneyland as It's a Small World.
The 1964-1965 fair was the second major World's Fair held on the same Flushing Meadows site, following the 1939-1940 exposition that had introduced millions of Americans to television and the dishwasher. The Unisphere itself was built on the foundation of the 1939 fair's Perisphere, connecting the two events across a quarter century of American optimism about technology and the future.
U.S. #1244
5¢ New York World's Fair
Issue Date: April 22, 1964
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 145,700,000
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Rotary Press
Perforations: 11 x 10 1/2
Color: Blue green
This 5-cent stamp was issued to commemorate the 1964-1965 New York World's Fair, held at Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens across two seasons. The fair operated under the theme "Peace Through Understanding" and drew more than 51 million admissions over its run, making it one of the largest expositions in American history. Organized by Robert Moses and spread across 646 acres, it featured 140 pavilions representing dozens of countries, U.S. states, and major corporations, all gathered under the banner of showcasing human achievement in what the fair billed as a shrinking globe and an expanding universe.
The stamp depicts the two most recognizable landmarks of the fairgrounds. The Unisphere, a 140-foot stainless steel globe built by U.S. Steel to symbolize the Space Age, dominated the center of the grounds and remains standing in Flushing Meadows Park today. The figure beside it on the stamp represents the Rocket Thrower, a bronze sculpture by Donald De Lue that stood at the fair's Federal and State Area. The exhibits that drew the largest crowds included the Vatican pavilion, which displayed Michelangelo's Pieta, and General Motors' Futurama II, which carried visitors on a moving ride through a vision of the world in 2064. Walt Disney designed several attractions for the fair, including an early version of the ride that would later open at Disneyland as It's a Small World.
The 1964-1965 fair was the second major World's Fair held on the same Flushing Meadows site, following the 1939-1940 exposition that had introduced millions of Americans to television and the dishwasher. The Unisphere itself was built on the foundation of the 1939 fair's Perisphere, connecting the two events across a quarter century of American optimism about technology and the future.
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