| The
Art of the Stamp
All Aboard!:
20th Century Limited
Artist:Ted Rose
Watercolor on paper
Art Director: Howard E. Paine
First Day of Issue: August 26, 1999
To honor
the stylish passenger trains of the 1930s and 1940s, the Postal Service
depicted them from dramatic angles rather than in profile. Here, the train
leaves the Chicago rail yards on its way to New York, with the Board of
Trade Building in the distance.
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