About This Stamp
Edward G. Robinson (1893–1973) appeared in some 90 films, including Double Indemnity (1944), Key Largo (1948), and The Ten Commandments (1956).
Born Emanuel Goldenberg in Romania in 1893, Robinson immigrated to the United States with his family when he was a young boy. In 1913 he began his professional acting career, working in theater for many years and eventually moving into film.
Robinson is best remembered for his classic portrayals of gangsters in Little Caesar (1931) and several other films. His versatile acting career continued with numerous roles in film and television until his death in 1973. Shortly before he died, Robinson received an Academy Award® for lifetime achievement in films.
Edward G. Robinson is also remembered as a philanthropist, humanitarian, and art collector.
This stamp is the sixth issuance in the Legends of Hollywood series.
™/©Francesca Robinson Sanchez licensed by Global Icons, Los Angeles, CA. Licensed by George Sidney. Represented by Thomas A. White, Beverly Hills, CA. © 1931 Turner Entertainment Co. All rights reserved. Courtesy of Warner Bros. and Turner Entertainment Co.
Art Director
Howard E. Paine
A member of the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee before being named an art director in 1981, Howard E. Paine supervised the design of more than 400 U.S. postage stamps. After three decades as an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, he retired in 2011.
For more than 30 years Paine was an art director for the National Geographic Society, where he redesigned National Geographic magazine, developed the children’s magazine, National Geographic World, and designed Explorers Hall. A popular lecturer, he has spoken at Yale University and New York University, among others, and presented programs for the National Park Service and the Smithsonian Institution. A judge for numerous art shows and design competitions, Paine also taught magazine design at The George Washington University.
Paine had been a stamp collector since childhood. In 2000, he designed the catalog for Pushing The Envelope: The Art of the Postage Stamp, an exhibit of original stamp art at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts.
Howard Paine died on September 13, 2014.