United States of America 2013 Anthea Gibson, Tennis player
From Stamps of the World
- Issue date: 23rd August 2013
- one self-adhesive value issued in sheets of 20 and uncut press sheets of 200
- Designed by: Derry Noyes, from illustration by Kadir Nelson
- Printed by: Avery Dennison
- Print process: gravure
- stamp format height 40mm x width 26mm
- Perforations: die cut 10.9 x 10.9
NB uncut press sheets of 200 were made available both die-cut perforated and imperforate; imperf stamps stem from these sheets
Black Heritage. Anthea Gibson, 1927-2003, tennis player
FOREVER (46c) ~ Gibson playing forehand shot, based on a photograph taken at Wimbledon
- Note: Gibson, from Harlem, won the Wimbledon Ladies Singles and Doubles titles in both 1957 and 1958
