About This Stamp
With this fourth issuance in the Distinguished Americans series, the U.S. Postal Service honors Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edna Ferber.
Artist Mark Summers — well known for his scratchboard technique — created this portrait for the stamp using as a reference a black-and-white photograph of Ferber taken in 1927.
Mark Summers also created the stamp art for the first three issuances in the Distinguished Americans series: Joseph W. Stilwell (2000), Claude Pepper (2000), and Hattie W. Caraway (2001).
Stamp Art Director
Richard Sheaff
Stamp Artist
Mark Summers
First Day of Issue Ceremony
First Day of Issue Date: July 29, 2002
First Day of Issue Location: Appleton, WI