US 1971 150 Years of Missouri Statehood 8c. Scott. 1426


US 1971 150 Years of Missouri Statehood 8c. Scott. 1426


Series: Missouri Statehood Issue

Stamp details: 150 Years of Missouri Statehood ; 'Independence and the Opening of the West' by Thomas Hart Benton

Issued date: 08-05-1971 (dd/mm/yyyy)
Face value: 8c.

Emission: Commemorative
Watermark: No Watermark

Catalogue No:-
Scott (USA): 1426
Stanley Gibbons (UK): 1427
Michel (Germany): 1030
Yvert et Tellier (France): 920

Dimensions (height x width):
25mm x 40mm

Printer: Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Print Method: Rotary press

Stamp Colors: Multicolored
Perforation: Perf 11 x 10½

Themes: Animals, Horse, Cattle, Dog, Carriage, Native, Painting

Total print: 161,235,000 (estimate)

Note: The stamp design shows a Pawnee facing a hunter-trapper and a group of settlers.

Description:- Thomas Hart Benton (1889-1975) was an American painter, muralist, and printmaker. Along with Grant Wood and John Steuart Curry, he was at the forefront of the Regionalist art movement. The fluid, sculpted figures in his paintings showed everyday people in scenes of life in the United States. His work is strongly associated with the Midwestern United States, the region in which he was born and which he called home for most of his life. He also studied in Paris, lived in New York City for more than 20 years and painted scores of works there, summered for 50 years on Martha's Vineyard off the New England coast, and also painted scenes of the American South and West.
Source: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hart_Benton_(painter)