Description: A collection of 22 vintage United States postage stamps
dating primarily from the 1980s.
Dimensions:
Current Item Condition:
1.
Folk Art USA (1986): A block of four stamps
showcasing traditional wood-carved figures (cigar store figures and nautical
carvings).
2.
Merry Christmas (1983): A block of six deep blue
stamps illustrating a child looking at a Christmas candle.
3.
Michigan Statehood (1987): Two matching vertical
stamps depicting a white pine forest to mark Michigan's centennial.
4.
Black Heritage Series (1987): A single
commemorative stamp honoring Jean Baptiste Point Du Sable, the frontier trader
widely recognized as the founder of Chicago.
5.
Performing Arts Series (1987): A
magenta-bordered single honoring the legendary operatic tenor Enrico Caruso.
- Additional
Themes: A selection of various smaller designs including the 1988 Winter
Special Olympics, the iconic Love series birds and puppy motifs, a
"Champion of Liberty" Ernst Reuter issue, and a corporate Horace
Moses commemorative block.
7.
History: All the prominent stamps shown here
represent the standard first-class domestic letter rate of 22 cents, which was
established by the USPS on February 17, 1985, and remained in place until early
1988.
Cultural
Impact: This era of postal design heavily emphasized regular-issue art series.
The Black Heritage Series (represented by Du Sable) is the USPS's
longest-running commemorative series, having started in 1978.