6-647: Great Americans may refer to: Great Americans series , a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Postal Service from 1980 through 2002 GreatAmericans.com , an online video site Hall of Fame for Great Americans , an outdoor sculpture garden in Bronx Community College in The Bronx, New York City See also [ edit ] Great American (disambiguation) Topics referred to by
12-506: Is a favorite of stamp collectors . It was replaced by the Distinguished Americans series , which began in 2000. The basic design of the stamps has much in common with the predecessor Americana series and the contemporaneous transportation coils ; the few elements consisting only of portrait, name, possibly occupation/notability, inscription "USA", and denomination, in a single color on a white background. The range of subjects
18-534: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Great Americans series The Great Americans series is a set of definitive stamps issued by the United States Postal Service , starting on December 27, 1980, with the 19¢ stamp depicting Sequoyah , and continuing through 1999, the final stamp being the 55¢ Justin S. Morrill self-adhesive stamp. The series, noted for its simplicity and elegance,
24-626: The prominence of women. Sixteen appear among the Great Americans—a significant contrast to earlier definitive issues: for in the 1965–1978 Prominent Americans series, females had appeared on only two denominations, while the 1902, 1922–1925, 1938 and 1954–1965 definitives had each presented only one woman. This was also the first definitive series to offer stamps devoted to notable Native Americans, four of whom were depicted: Red Cloud (10¢), Crazy Horse (13¢), Sequoyah (19¢) and Sitting Bull (28¢). African-Americans were represented by two stamps,
30-426: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Great Americans . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Great_Americans&oldid=992879042 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description
36-473: Was much broader than the previous Prominent Americans series or Liberty Issue . Where the predecessors focused mainly on political figures, the subjects of the Great Americans series were well-known from a number of diverse fields and ethnicities. Only two presidents were subjects of the series: Thomas Jefferson and Harry S. Truman . Balancing the diminished role of presidents was an enormous increase in
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