Celebrate the Century
| Celebrate the Century | |
|---|---|
| Country of production | United States |
| Location of production | APU, Williamsville, NY, US |
| Designer | various |
| Engraver | various |
| Printer | Ashton-Potter USA |
| Dimensions | 190 mm × 229 mm (7.5 in × 9.0 in) |
| Perforation | 11.5 |
| Commemorates | Events of the 20th century in the US in 10 sheets that commemorates each decade |
| Depicts | Various people, things, events in 15 stamps per sheet |
| Notability | Used in the CTC education program, and travelled as a railroad exhibit under the CTC Express program. |
| Nature of rarity | Not rare |
| Face value | 32¢ x 15 ($4.80) 1900s to 1940s 33¢ x 15 ($4.95) 1950s to 1990s |
| Estimated value | About $150 for all the sheets |
Celebrate the Century is a series of postage stamps made by the United States Postal Service featuring images recalling various important events in the 20th century in the United States. Ten of these sheets were issued, with each sheet depicting events of one decade of the 20th century, from the 1900s to 1990s. Fifteen stamps were embedded into each sheet. For the first eight sheets (1900s to 1970s) of the fifteen stamps, one stamp of each sheet was printed using the intaglio process, while the remaining fourteen were offset printed along with the rest of the sheet. All the sheets were printed by the Ashton-Potter USA printing company.