1964 5c American Music

U.S. #1252
5¢ American Music

Issue Date: October 15, 1964
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 126,970,000
Printed by: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Printing Method: Giori Press
Perforations: 11
Color: Red, black, and blue

U.S. #1252 honors American Music and was issued at the headquarters of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, which was founded 50 years earlier. The design, based on an 18th-century vignette, pictures wind and string instruments from the era of Americas founding.