Theodor Seuss Geisel

World Stamp Today:

MARCH 2, 2004

To celebrate the 100th birthday of Theodor Seuss Geisel, the United States Postal Service issued a 37¢ stamp on March 2, 2004. 

Geisel, is one of the most famous authors of the U.S. and is known to children of all ages as Dr. Seuss. 

The new stamp is the second release to honor the creator (and illustrator) of more than 40 popular children's books, including The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins (1938), Horton Hears a Who (1954), How the Grinch Stole Christmas (1957), Green Eggs and Ham (1960), and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish (1960). 

The stamp picturing the author was from an Associated Press 1987 photograph. 

Stamp designer Carl Herrman added six Seuss characters from four books: the Cat in the Hat, the Grinch, the Glotz (from the 1979 story Oh Say Can You Say?), and three characters from the 1965 tale I Had Trouble in Getting to Solla Sollew — the Skritz, the young fellow, and the Skrink. 

The first stamp, a 33¢ issue from the Celebrate the Century series, shows one of the most famous Seuss characters, the Cat in the Hat, from the 1957 book of the same name. 

A third Seuss stamp was issued in 2006 showing the fox from the 1957 story Fox in Socks. The 39¢ stamp was part of a set of eight featuring children's book animals.

(Concept and research: Richard Allan Uy) All rights reserved