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#3778
2003 37c Patriotic Flags: Silk Bookmark, The Star Spangled Banner
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U.S. #3778
37¢ Bookmark
Patriotic Flags Set
Issue Date: April 3, 2003
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 60,000,000
Printed By: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd
Printing Method: Lithographed
Perforations: Serpentine Die Cut 10 x 9.75
Color: Multicolored
This stamp was issued on April 3, 2003, in New York City as one of five designs in the Old Glory set, part of the Postal Service's second prestige booklet, following the 2000 Submarines booklet as only the second issue of its kind. The Old Glory booklet ran twenty six pages and explored how the American flag motif has appeared throughout everyday American life over the years, from business and political materials to songbooks, postcards, playing cards, and folk art, with this particular stamp representing the woven textile category within that broader theme.
The stamp reproduces the top portion of a commemorative silk bookmark woven at the World's Columbian Exposition, the great world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to mark the four hundredth anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. Silk weaving demonstrations were a popular attraction at the exposition, with several manufacturers producing intricate woven souvenirs on site using jacquard looms to showcase the latest advances in textile technology. The design features a rippling American flag beneath a ribbon bearing the national motto, "E Pluribus Unum," alongside a banner spelling out the phrase "The Star Spangled Banner," referencing the national anthem written decades earlier during the War of 1812.
This design was one of several images selected for the booklet by designer Richard Sheaff, chosen specifically to showcase the surprising range of contexts in which the flag and its related imagery have appeared throughout American history. Issued alongside four companion stamps depicting a presidential campaign badge, a folding fan, a folk art bicycle scene, and a carved wooden figure of Lady Liberty, this stamp offers a glimpse into the decorative textile arts on display at one of the nineteenth century's most celebrated world's fairs.
U.S. #3778
37¢ Bookmark
Patriotic Flags Set
Issue Date: April 3, 2003
City: New York, NY
Quantity: 60,000,000
Printed By: Ashton Potter (USA) Ltd
Printing Method: Lithographed
Perforations: Serpentine Die Cut 10 x 9.75
Color: Multicolored
This stamp was issued on April 3, 2003, in New York City as one of five designs in the Old Glory set, part of the Postal Service's second prestige booklet, following the 2000 Submarines booklet as only the second issue of its kind. The Old Glory booklet ran twenty six pages and explored how the American flag motif has appeared throughout everyday American life over the years, from business and political materials to songbooks, postcards, playing cards, and folk art, with this particular stamp representing the woven textile category within that broader theme.
The stamp reproduces the top portion of a commemorative silk bookmark woven at the World's Columbian Exposition, the great world's fair held in Chicago in 1893 to mark the four hundredth anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. Silk weaving demonstrations were a popular attraction at the exposition, with several manufacturers producing intricate woven souvenirs on site using jacquard looms to showcase the latest advances in textile technology. The design features a rippling American flag beneath a ribbon bearing the national motto, "E Pluribus Unum," alongside a banner spelling out the phrase "The Star Spangled Banner," referencing the national anthem written decades earlier during the War of 1812.
This design was one of several images selected for the booklet by designer Richard Sheaff, chosen specifically to showcase the surprising range of contexts in which the flag and its related imagery have appeared throughout American history. Issued alongside four companion stamps depicting a presidential campaign badge, a folding fan, a folk art bicycle scene, and a carved wooden figure of Lady Liberty, this stamp offers a glimpse into the decorative textile arts on display at one of the nineteenth century's most celebrated world's fairs.
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