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245 00|aEmily Dickinson commemorative stamps and ephemera,|f1971.
300 |a1 box|a(.2 linear ft.)
545 |aEmily Dickinson was an American poet. The Emily Dickinson stamp was the second in a series dedicated to American poets. It was designed by Bernard Fuchs of Wesport, Connecticut from the daguerreotype made of ED in 1847 while she was attending Mount Holyoke Female Seminary. The daguerreotype, in the possession of Amherst College, is the only photographic portrait taken during the poet's lifetime. Leonard C. Buckley modeled the stamp. Arthur W. Dintamen designed the vignette and Albert Saavedra engraved the letters. The stamp was printed on the Giori press.
520 |aIncludes a pane of 50 Emily Dickinson postage stamps and ephemera concerning the celebrations for the issuing of the stamp, including: newspaper article, invitation, leaflet, program, bookmark, tickets, and other materials. Most of the events took place in Amherst, Massachusetts.
555 0 |aElectronic finding aid available|uhttp://nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou01931
524 |aEmily Dickinson Commemorative Stamps and Ephemera, 1971 (MS Am 1118.19). Houghton Library, Harvard University.
546 |aIn English.
600 10|aDickinson, Emily,|d1830-1886.
600 10|aDickinson, Emily,|d1830-1886|vPortraits.
650 0|aCommemorative postage stamps|zUnited States.
651 0|aAmherst (Mass.)|xIntellectual life.
655 7|aEphemera.|2aat
655 7|aPostage stamps.|2aat
655 7|aPane (stamp grouping).|2aat
710 2 |aUnited States Postal Service.
541 0 |cGift;|d1971;|eno accession number;|hgratis.|5hou
561 1 |aGratis; received 1971.|5hou
506 0 |aCollection is open for research.|5hou
852 8 |bHOU|cB|hMS Am 1118.19