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Celebrate the Century is the name of a series of postage stamps made by the United States Postal Service featuring images recalling various important events in the 20th century in the United States.〔(`Celebration Of The Century' Starts Feb. 3 And Will Last Two Years ) Sun Sentinel 7 December 1997〕 Ten of these sheets were issued, with each sheet depicting events of one decade of the 20th century, from the 1900s to 1990s.〔〔(Monumental 'Celebrate the Century' Program Concludes With Postage Stamp Series Saluting the Decade of the 1990s ) PR Newswire 2 May 2000〕 Fifteen stamps were embedded into each sheet.〔 For the first eight sheets (1900s to 1970s) of the fifteen stamps, one stamp of each sheet was printed using the intaglio process,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title =Page 96 US stamps )〕 while the remaining fourteen were offset printed along with the rest of the sheet. All the sheets were printed by the Ashton-Potter USA printing company.〔 ==Format== These gummed souvenir sheets had an unusually large format of 7½"x9" (190mmx229mm). The top left hand corner sported the decade in a number format, the entire background of the sheet was devoted a specific event of that decade (e.g. the Wright brothers standing next to their Flyer II on the 1900s sheet.) The fifteen stamps were printed at an angle of 8°,〔As measured〕 the horizontal perforations ran from the stamps up to the edge of sheet. The stamps were arranged on the sheets in four rows, and nested in arrangements unique to each sheet. An area was devoted to the description of the decade as depicted by the stamps on it. The description of each stamp was printed on the gummed side of the sheet, behind each stamp. The words ''Arts, Sports, Historical Events'' ran on the left hand edge, ''Technology, Entertainment, Science'' ran on the top edge, ''Political Figures, Life Style'' on the right hand edge of the sheet. The stamp images for the first five sheets were selected by Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee〔 and those for the remaining five sheets were selected by a nationwide poll.〔〔(30 Commemoratives In Honor Of Century ) Philly.com 13 February 1998〕〔(Public Gets A Chance To Select New Issues ) Philly.com 21 November 1997〕〔(Cast your 'Celebrate the Century' vote ) Boca Raton News 8 March 1998〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Celebrate the Century」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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