United States, Scott #5555, used(o), 2021, Black Heritage Issue, stamp honors August Wilson (1945-2005) an American playwright; Wilson, born Fredrick August Kittel, Jr in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, fourth of six children to a white German immigrant, who was a baker, and who was married to an Daisy Wilson, an African-American woman who cleaned homes for a living; the economically depressed neighborhood where he was raised was inhabited predominantly by Black Americans along with Jewish and Italian immigrants; life was tough for the Kittel siblings as they were biracial; Wilson struggled with finding a sense of belonging and did not feel that he truly fit into either the African-American culture or the white culture; from these humble beginnings, Wilson went on to become a renowned playwright; often referred to as ‘the theater’s poet of Black America;' he is best known for a series of 10 plays collectively called the ‘Pittsburgh Cycle,' which chronicled the experiences and heritage of a city-based African-American community in the 20th century; this stamp was the 44th stamp in the Black Heritage series; issued as a forever stamp at a counter price of 55 cents, offset lithography printed by Ashton Potter USA (APU), non-water soluble self-adhesive panes, serpentine die cut simulated 10¾ perforations, ‘USPS’ in microprint on the subject's left suit collar, multicolored, Scott supplemental catalog value: 25¢; , nicely centered, light, black-inked, horizontal, large font, fancy script, message cancellation across the top half of the stamp, good perforations, this stamp was soaked from the mailing envelope using the Bestine solvent and placed on a piece of black trimmed card stock for an attractive album mounting, centering and mounting warrants a selling price premium. This is not a 'bait-and-switch;' the stamp you see will be the one you receive.
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