1999 33c Celebrate the Century,1940s: Postwar Baby Boom
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US #3186l
1999 Postwar Baby Boom – Celebrate the Century (1940s)
• Part of the fifth sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Honors the famous baby boom that took place after World War II
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 32¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: February 18, 1999
First Day City: Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia
Quantity Issued: 188,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.5
Tagging: Block Tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate the increased number of births after World War II, resulting in the generation that became known as the “Baby Boomers.”
About the stamp design: Pictures a reproduction of a cartoon by Constantin Aljalov of a maternity nurse holding a baby. Includes the following text on the back: “The detail from the November 2, 1946, cover of The Saturday Evening Post foretells the country’s baby boom. With the end of World War II, returning GIs married and started families, resulting in 75.9 million births from 1946 through 1964.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Dobbins Air Force Base Fuel Cell Hangar in Georgia.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: Hillary Clinton, Michael Jordan, Bill Gates, and Oprah Winfrey all share at least one thing in common: they are members of the baby boom generation. In 1946, the first year of the boom, 3.4 million babies were born. The explosion peaked in 1957, when new births totaled 4.3 million. A total of 76 million babies were born during the baby boom years, 1946 to 1964.
At the end of World War II, experts predicted there would be a decline in the birth rate. But when men returned home from the war, they and their wives wanted to establish comfortable lives with nice homes and numerous children. The war victory, economic prosperity, and social optimism all contributed to the population explosion.
The lives of baby boomers were affected by several milestone events, including the Cold War, struggle for civil rights, war in Vietnam, economic prosperity, Watergate, the oil embargo, and runaway inflation. They grew up the most affluent generation in US history, better educated and more idealistic than their parents. Baby boomers flooded college campuses, if for no other reason than to avoid the draft. Once believed revolutionary, their ideas on the environment, individual freedoms, and the government have become mainstream.
US #3186l
1999 Postwar Baby Boom – Celebrate the Century (1940s)
• Part of the fifth sheet in the Celebrate the Century stamp series issued from 1998-2000
• Honors the famous baby boom that took place after World War II
• Includes text on the back with historical details
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Series: Celebrate the Century
Value: 32¢ First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: February 18, 1999
First Day City: Dobbins Air Force Base, Georgia
Quantity Issued: 188,000,000
Printed by: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd.
Printing Method: Offset, Intaglio
Format: Panes of 15
Perforations: 11.5
Tagging: Block Tagging
Why the stamp was issued: To commemorate the increased number of births after World War II, resulting in the generation that became known as the “Baby Boomers.”
About the stamp design: Pictures a reproduction of a cartoon by Constantin Aljalov of a maternity nurse holding a baby. Includes the following text on the back: “The detail from the November 2, 1946, cover of The Saturday Evening Post foretells the country’s baby boom. With the end of World War II, returning GIs married and started families, resulting in 75.9 million births from 1946 through 1964.”
First Day City: The First Day of Issue Ceremony was held at the Dobbins Air Force Base Fuel Cell Hangar in Georgia.
About the Celebrate the Century series: The USPS launched the Celebrate the Century series in 1998 to mark the end of the 20th century and herald the arrival of the 21st. The series includes 10 sheets of 15 stamps (150 in total), with each honoring important moments from a different decade (1900s, 10s, 20s, 30s, 40s, 50s, 60s, 70s, 80s, and 90s). At the time of completion, it was the longest and most ambitious commemorative stamp series in US history.
History the stamp represents: Hillary Clinton, Michael Jordan, Bill Gates, and Oprah Winfrey all share at least one thing in common: they are members of the baby boom generation. In 1946, the first year of the boom, 3.4 million babies were born. The explosion peaked in 1957, when new births totaled 4.3 million. A total of 76 million babies were born during the baby boom years, 1946 to 1964.
At the end of World War II, experts predicted there would be a decline in the birth rate. But when men returned home from the war, they and their wives wanted to establish comfortable lives with nice homes and numerous children. The war victory, economic prosperity, and social optimism all contributed to the population explosion.
The lives of baby boomers were affected by several milestone events, including the Cold War, struggle for civil rights, war in Vietnam, economic prosperity, Watergate, the oil embargo, and runaway inflation. They grew up the most affluent generation in US history, better educated and more idealistic than their parents. Baby boomers flooded college campuses, if for no other reason than to avoid the draft. Once believed revolutionary, their ideas on the environment, individual freedoms, and the government have become mainstream.