Celebrate the Century: 1900s

Celebrate the Century: 1900s
Duration: March 1, 2022 - August 31, 2022



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. Ten of these sheets were issued, with each sheet depicting events of one decade of the 20th century, from the 1900s to 1990s. Fifteen stamps were embedded into each sheet. All the sheets were printed by the Ashton-Potter USA printing company.


1900s
Title: Dawn of the Twentieth Century.
Date of issue: 3 February 1998.
Denomination: 32¢
No of stamps in sheet: 15

15/16
 
The stamps:
1st row:
1. Ford Model T
️ Read a book whose title begins with a T OR with a car on the cover. Please post the cover
The Heiress and the Baby Boom - Lauri Robinson (HH #1634 - Feb 2022) (car on cover)- Mar 1
 
2. President Theodore Roosevelt
️ Read a book with a leader (of any kind) OR with a character that wears glasses.
Highland Wolf - Lynsay Sands (Avon - Jan 2022) (leader) - Mar 8
 
3. Movie Great Train Robbery
️ Read a book that focuses around the movies OR with a cowboy on the cover. Please post the cover.

4. Crayola crayons
️ Read a Series #8 OR a book with a black cover. Please post the cover.
The Durango Affair - Brenda Jackson (SD #1727 - May 2006) (Book #8 - Westmorelands series) - Mar 28
 
5. St. Louis World's Fair
️ Read a book where a character goes to a fair or outdoor outing OR with an ice cream cone on the cover. Please post the cover.
The Bluebonnet Battle - Carolyn Brown (Montlake - Mar 2022) (Bluebonnet Festival) - Mar 3
 
2nd row:
6. Pure Food and Drug Act
️ Read a book from the Food genre OR with a character whose first name begins with a letter in LABEL. Tell us their name.
White Knight Needed - Betina Krahn (Zebra - Apr 2022) (Barclay Howard) - Mar 10
 
7. Wright Flyer
️ Read a book with a male MC who has a brother OR with an airplane on the cover. Please post the cover.
Their New Year's Beginning - Michelle Major (HSE #2881 - Jan 2022) (twin brother) - Mar 14
 
8. Ashcan School
️ Read a book with a character that is an artist OR set in New York City.
Montana Danger - Josie Jade, Janie Crouch (Calamittie Jane Pub - Mar 2022) (artist) - Mar 15
 
3rd row:
9. Ellis Island
️ Read a book with a character that is new to the USA OR by an author with a first or last name that begins with a vowel.
Half Moon Harbor - Donna Kauffman (Kensington - May 2014) (new to USA) - Mar 25
 
10. John Muir - Father of the National Parks
️ Read a book where the woods are an important part of the story OR with a bearded man on the cover. Please post the cover.
Silver Creek Bodyguard - Lindsay McKenna (Zebra - Apr 2022) (woods) - Mar 7
 
4th row:
11. Teddy bear
️ Read a Children's or YA book OR a book where a child is given a toy.
A Little Princess - Frances Hodgson Burnett (Sterling Publishing - July 2015) - Apr 21
 
12. W. E. B. Du Bois - co-founder of the NAACP
️ Read a book by an African American author OR with a character who is a professor.
Christmas Data Breach - K.D. Richards (HI #2030 - Oct 2021) (author) - Mar 4
 
13. The Gibson Girl
️ Read a book with a woman who is equal and sometimes a teasing companion to men OR set in the early 1900s (before WWI).
A Blues Singer to Redeem Him - Elle Jackson (HH #1604 - Sept 2021) (1926) - Mar 11
 
14. 1903 World Series
️ Read a book where the MC is a baseball player OR set in Pennsylvania.
All of Me - Jennifer Bernard (Avon - June 2015) (baseball player) - June 27
 
15. Robie House
️ Read a book by an author that uses 3 names OR with a house on the cover. Please post the cover.
Best Laid Wedding Plans - Karen Booth (HD #2826 - Sept 2021) (house on cover) - Mar 20
 
Background image:
16. The Wright brothers stand beside their Flyer II, near Dayton, Ohio.
️ Read a book with 2 men on the cover OR a one-word title.



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