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Description Stamp of the United States of America; 1932; commemorative stamp of the issue "10th Olympic Summer Games 1932" in Los Angeles;Stamp mitive with the "Discobolus"-Figure of the sculptor Myron (around 500 - after 440 BC) as representant of the Classic period in the antique Greece. The copy of the not preserving figure was created in Munich with the head of a man with name Lancelotti and a body of a sculpture in the Vatican.; The competitions of the "10th Olympic Summer Games" took place in the time from 30 July 1932 until 14 August 1932
date QS:P,+1932-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P580,+1932-07-30T00:00:00Z/11,P582,+1932-08-14T00:00:00Z/11
in Los Angeles (USA).; stamp postmarked by machine cancellation

Stamp: Michel: No. 349; Yvert & Tellier: No. 315; Scott: No. 719
Color: blue
Watermark: none
Nominal value: 5 (Cent(s))

Postage validity: from 15 June 1932
date QS:P,+1932-06-15T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1932-06-15T00:00:00Z/11

Stamp size: (printed area of a single stamp): 19.0 x 22.5 mm
Date from 15 June 1932
date QS:P,+1932-06-15T00:00:00Z/7,P580,+1932-06-15T00:00:00Z/11
(first issue date of the stamp)
Source scan of original
Author "Postal Administration of the United States of Amrica" ("U.S.Postal Service")
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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it is a work prepared by an officer or employee of the United States Government as part of that person’s official duties under the terms of Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105 of the US Code. Note: This only applies to original works of the Federal Government and not to the work of any individual U.S. state, territory, commonwealth, county, municipality, or any other subdivision. This template also does not apply to postage stamp designs published by the United States Postal Service since 1978. (See § 313.6(C)(1) of Compendium of U.S. Copyright Office Practices). It also does not apply to certain US coins; see The US Mint Terms of Use.
This file has been identified as being free of known restrictions under copyright law, including all related and neighboring rights.
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  • The original stamp, mint,
    The original stamp, mint,
  • The copy of the "Discobolus"-figure by Myron in Munich, photo from the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" from 1911
    The copy of the "Discobolus"-figure by Myron in Munich, photo from the "Encyclopaedia Britannica" from 1911
Picture description "Discololus"-figure by Myron (Classic Greek from 5th Century B.C.)
First day of issue
Publisher "Postal Administration of the United States of Amrica" ("U.S.Postal Service")
Design Unknown authorUnknown author, probably "Claire Audrey Huston" (designer) and "Alvin Meissner" (engraver), both worked for the US-American "Bureau of Engraving and Printing" ("BEP") and created in the same year 1932 the definitive series of the USA which was printed at the BEP too. The style of the stamp picture indices to Mrs. Huston.
Printer “Bureau of Engraving and printing" (BEP)
Printing technique Recess printing (Rotogravure)
Circulation 57,376,100
Perforation Line perforation, L 11 : 10½
MICHEL Nr. Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, Nr. 349
SCOTT Nr. United States of America, No. 719

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