Brand: United States Postal Service

The Postal Service issued a souvenir sheet of 37-cent To Form a More Perfect Union stamps in ten designs, on August 30, 2005, in the following locations: Greensboro, North Carolina; Jackson, Mississippi; Little Rock, Arkansas; Memphis, Tennessee; Montgomery, Alabama; Selma, Alabama; Topeka, Kanss; Washington, DC. Ethel Kessler of Bethesda, Maryland designed the stamps. This issue recognizes the courage and achievements of the men and women who fought for equal rights during the years of the Civil Rights movement. The issue presents an artistic representation of several pivotal events from the 1948 Executive Order ending segregation in the military to the 1965 Voting Rights Act. Stamp designer Ethel Kessler used details from contemporary artworks to comment on all of the ten historical events commemorated on this souvenir sheet. Featured are events: 1948 Executive Order 9981, 1965 Voting Rights Act, 1960 Lunch Counter Sit-Ins, 1957 Little Rock Nine, 1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott, 1961 Freedom Riders, 1964 Civil Rights Act, 1963 March on Washington, 1965 Selma March, 1954 Brown v. Board of Education

Features:

• New sheet of (10) stamps (catalog #3937) no longer sold by USPS.
• Features 10 event images surrounding a quote from Martin Luther King Jr.
• Perfect gift to celebrate Equal Rights, Black Heritage, African-Americans
• Great for raffles, conference giveaways, fan clubs, fundraisers, souvenirs. Collectors item.
• High quality item professionally packaged in a white Stay Flat envelope.