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In 2009, the USPS issued four commemorative stamps featuring the iconic scenes of one of the merriest holiday celebrations in the US… the Thanksgiving Day Parade. Out of the four se-tenant stamps on a strip, I only have two:
Here is the complete strip for your reference:
Some of the scenes of this happy celebration are depicted on the strip above: a lively marching band, large inflated balloons of favourite animals and popular pop culture characters, and crowds of delighted onlookers. (Source)
I have never been to the US yet to witness this extravagant affair but I am a great admirer of parades and floats. Having said that, I think the stamp design is fantastic as it perfectly captures the rich and colourful Thanksgiving Day Parade (at least, the one I often see on TV)and it gives us a bit of a glimpse of the American culture.
The stamp, designed by Paul Rogers, based the stamp design on advertising and poster art from the mid-century. He then used the digital medium and techniques to create this very colourful images on stamps. Fantastic!
6 comments:
Fun and colourful stamps - poor old turkey though. :) They make a fantastic scene all together but even singly they are lovely.
I like Thanksgiving stuff, and I like the design, but I prefer stamps that look like stamps.
You are right, it is one of the most colorful event in US and I never get tired of watching it every year.
My Sunday Stamp
A very cheerful design, it's lovely.
What a fun design, very celebratory stamps. Nobody is going to mess with a turkey that size.
Pretty crowded crowd...:)
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