USA year 1995 stamp Marilyn Monroe MNH

USA year 1995 stamp Marilyn Monroe MNH

Yes — the **United States issued a Marilyn Monroe postage stamp in 1995:
📮 U.S. Commemorative Stamp — Marilyn Monroe

• 🇺🇸 Stamp: Legends of Hollywood: Marilyn Monroe
• Year: 1995
• Face Value: 32 ¢ (32 cents) — standard first-class domestic letter rate at the time.
• Scott Catalogue Number: #2967

🗓 Issue Details

• Date of Issue: June 1, 1995 — which was Marilyn Monroe’s birthday.
• First Day City: Universal City, California (at Universal Studios Hollywood).
• Designed and released as the first stamp in the USPS Legends of Hollywood series, honoring major figures from the American film industry.

🎨 Design

• Portrait: The stamp features a stylized painted portrait of Marilyn Monroe based on a 1953 promotional photograph (for Gentlemen Prefer Blondes), with artistic adjustments for motion and elegance.
• Designer: Michael Deas.
• The portrait appears on the stamp itself and also on the sheet margin (selvage).

📌 Series Context

• This was the first in the “Legends of Hollywood” series, which went on to include other iconic film stars in subsequent years.
• The issue was widely marketed with collectible items (e.g., signed panes, souvenir sheets), adding to its popularity among both stamp and film fans.

📈 Collecting Notes

• It’s a popular and widely collected modern commemorative due to the subject’s cultural significance and the series’ appeal.
• Printed in very large quantities (400 million+), so typical mint copies are common, and most trade at modest collector values near face value unless associated with special varieties or error prints.