About This Stamp
The Postal Service commemorated the Marshall Plan with the issuance of a 32-cent stamp in a pane of 20 on June 4, 1997, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Designed by Richard Sheaff of Norwood, Massachusetts, the stamp depicts a map of Europe with an inset portrait of former Secretary of State George C. Marshall. The United States sponsored The Marshall Plan to help jump-start the economies in Europe devastated by World War II and, in turn, prevent further expansion of Soviet-style communism. The plan was unveiled by George C. Marshall on June 5, 1947, during the Harvard University commencement and launched operationally in April 1948.
Ashton-Potter (USA), Ltd., produced the stamp in the offset/intaglio process.
First Day of Issue Ceremony
First Day of Issue Date: June 4, 1997
First Day of Issue Location: Cambridge, MA