Tuesday, February 1, 2022

SCOTT #2948 & #2949 LOVE STAMPS 32 CENT

On February 1, 1995, the USPS issued two Love stamps that were both popular and controversial.  They featured child angels taken from Raphael’s massive masterpiece, the Sistine Madonna.  The USPS thought they’d be perfect for new stamps in the Love Series.  However, C. Douglas Lewis, a curator at the National Gallery of Art and vice chairman of the Citizen’s Stamp Advisory Committee, warned that child angels represented death – not love.

US #2949

 

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