This Listing is for ONE NEW Sheet of 20 x 32¢ Comic Strip Classics Stamps from 1995.

Mint. MNH. Original undisturbed gum. From a Smoke-free and Pet-free Environment.

The U.S. Postal Service issued these 20 different 32¢ gummed Comic Strip Classics stamps in Boca Raton, FL on October 1, 1995. The stamps are the third installment of the Classic Collection series and feature: The Yellow Kid, The Katzenjammer Kids, Little Nemo in Slumberland, Bringing Up Father, Krazy Kat, Rube Goldberg's Inventions, Toonerville Folks, Gasoline Alley, Barney Google, Little Orphan Annie, Popeye, Blondie, Dick Tracy, Alley Oop, Nancy, Flash Gordon, Li'l Abner, Terry and the Pirates, Prince Valiant, and Brenda Starr. Text on the back of each stamp gives the artist name, dates and interesting background information.

                  Daily and weekly newspapers have brought Americans cartoons since 1895. Each of these 20 stamps features a comic strip classic on this sheet honoring comic strips created within the first 50 years of comics, from 1895 to 1945. It is reported that 86 million adults and 17 million children in the U.S. read the Sunday comics each week! In fact, comic strips are considered one of America's only indigenous art forms. The comic strip and its characters have popularized words and phrases, such as "I Yam Wot I Yam," from Popeye, and even the foods we eat, like the "Dagwood" sandwich from Blondie. Comics have become movies ("Popeye") and Broadway Shows ("Annie").

Scott # 3000

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