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William Faulkner Collection, Accession 6074-p, Special Collections Department, University of Virginia Library
A gift of the United States Postal Service through Mr. Bill Halstead, Philatelic Programs Specialist with the Philatelic Affairs Department in Washington, D.C. on October 20, 1987.
Funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities
Souvenir Album issued by the United States Postal Service , stamped " William Faulkner /Commemorative/U.S. Postage Stamp/August 3, 1987/William Faulkner Collection/University of Virginia Library," containing one sheet of the stamps, apparently the first sheet issued, as the block number is "1." The design of the stamp is based on an oil portrait by Murray Lloyd Goldsborough .