MARYLAND - Sugarloaf Mountain, a landmark visible from many parts of northern Montgomery and southern Frederick Counties in Maryland, will be featured on the Post Office Murals Forever stamp series to be issued on April 10, 2019.

The stamps feature five government-commissioned artworks from the 1930’s and 1940’s featured in Post Office lobbies. President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s administration commissioned artwork in Post Offices across the nation to provide jobs to artists and illustrate the history and culture of local communities across America.

The mural, entitled “Sugarloaf Mountain,” was painted by Judson Smith and can be seen at the Rockville, MD, City Police Station — a building once home to the Rockville, MD, Post Office.

This pane of 10 stamps features five different murals. On the stamp art, the town or city and state in which the work of art is located is printed underneath each mural. The murals included are: "Kiowas Moving Camp" (1936), Anadarko, OK; "Mountains and Yucca" (1937), Deming, NM; "Antelope" (1939), Florence, CO; "Air Mail" (1941), Piggott, AR; and "Sugarloaf Mountain" (1940), Rockville, MD.

Additional information can be found at https://about.usps.com/newsroom/national-releases/2019/0306-new-stamps-will-feature-post-office-murals.htm.

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