{"id":1475,"date":"2013-08-30T11:57:07","date_gmt":"2013-08-30T15:57:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2013-08-27T03:05:49","modified_gmt":"2013-08-27T07:05:49","slug":"stamp-of-excellence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/2013\/08\/30\/stamp-of-excellence\/","title":{"rendered":"Stamp of excellence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canada Post announced recently that it will issue a new set of stamps celebrating the 75th anniversary of Superman.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada2013.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1475]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada2013-1024x471.jpg\" alt=\"Superman stamps (Canada, 2013)\" width=\"500\" height=\"229\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada2013-1024x471.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada2013-150x69.jpg 150w, http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada2013-300x138.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada2013.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Among the stamps is one featuring art by the Man of Steel&#8217;s co-creator, and Canadian native, Joe Shuster. The art is most famous for its use as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/superman001.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1475]\">the cover of SUPERMAN #1<\/a>, but originally was used in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/actioncomics010openingsplash.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1475]\">half-page opening splash<\/a> of the Superman story in ACTION COMICS #10.<\/p>\n<p>Booklets also will be available, reprinting the entire cover(s), rather than just the cropped artwork used on the stamp.<\/p>\n<p>The stamps, which are Permanent, meaning they can be used at any time, regardless of the going domestic rate (similar to the United States&#8217; Forever stamps), will be available Sept. 10. However, they and the booklets are <a href=http:\/\/www.canadapost.ca\/shop\/postage\/stamps-by-collection\/superman-75th-anniversary.jsf?execution=e1s1>now available for pre-order<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Canada previously featured Shuster Superman art on a stamp in 1995.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada1995.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1475]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada1995.jpg\" alt=\"Superman stamp (Canada, 1995)\" width=\"250\" height=\"346\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1477\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada1995.jpg 250w, http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada1995-108x150.jpg 108w, http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada1995-216x300.jpg 216w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The artwork is a composite of the Shuster-drawn background from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/superman003.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1475]\">the cover of SUPERMAN #3<\/a>. And a tweaked Superman figure, likely originally drawn by Dennis Neville after a layout by Shuster, from the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/supermandailynewspaperstrip19390614.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1475]\">June 14, 1939, daily newspaper strip<\/a> &#8212; which was the seventh story of the serial, and later <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/superman003interior.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1475]\">colored and reprinted<\/a> as the lead story in SUPERMAN #3<\/p>\n<p>The 45-cent stamp was part of a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada1995set.jpg\" rel=\"lightbox[1475]\">five-stamp set<\/a> honoring fictional heroes with Canadian roots, including Captain Canuck, Nelvana of the Northern Lights, Johnny Canuck and Fleur of Lys.<\/p>\n<p>The United States also issued a Superman stamp featuring Shuster art originally used on the cover of SUPERMAN #2.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada2001.gif\" rel=\"lightbox[1475]\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/stampscanada2001.gif\" alt=\"Superman stamp (United States, 2001)\" width=\"200\" height=\"197\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1479\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The stamp was issued as part of the 1930s set in the United States Postal Service&#8217;s &#8220;Celebrate the Century&#8221; series. The 2001 series also paid tribute to other 1930s Americana, including Franklin Delano Roosevelt&#8217;s New Deal, Disney&#8217;s &#8220;Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs,&#8221; Olympic gold medalist Jesse Owens and more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canada Post announced recently that it will issue a new set of stamps celebrating the 75th anniversary of Superman. Among the stamps is one featuring art by the Man of Steel&#8217;s co-creator, and Canadian native, Joe Shuster. The art is &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/2013\/08\/30\/stamp-of-excellence\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[43,352,13,22,47,253],"class_list":["post-1475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","tag-action-comics","tag-dennis-neville","tag-joe-shuster","tag-superman","tag-superman-comic","tag-superman-newspaper-daily-strip"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1475"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1489,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475\/revisions\/1489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.greatkrypton.com\/siegelshuster\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}