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Postage Stamp, United States Postal Service Design for the Great River Road

This is a Postage stamp. It was designed by Herbert Bayer. It is dated 1966 and we acquired it in 2016. Its medium is prints on paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

It is credited Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors.

Its dimensions are

Single stamp: 4 × 3.2 cm (1 9/16 × 1 1/4 in.) Set of 6 stamps: 8 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.) Set of 12 stamps: 12.2 × 10 cm (4 13/16 × 3 15/16 in.)

Cite this object as

Postage Stamp, United States Postal Service Design for the Great River Road; Designed by Herbert Bayer (American, b. Austria, active Germany and USA, 1900–1985); prints on paper; Single stamp: 4 × 3.2 cm (1 9/16 × 1 1/4 in.) Set of 6 stamps: 8 × 7.5 cm (3 1/8 × 2 15/16 in.) Set of 12 stamps: 12.2 × 10 cm (4 13/16 × 3 15/16 in.); Museum purchase with funding provided by the Buddy Taub Foundation, Dennis A. Roach and Jill Roach Directors; 2016-54-190

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