2021 Ursula K. Le Guin, Literary Series First Day of Issue

Description: This Cachet features the USPS 3 ounce stamp 'Ursula K. Le Guin' released on July 27, 2021 in Portland OR 97208. This stamp is the 33rd. in the literary series. Printed on a standard 6 3/4 envelope, this is a print using inkjet ink. The original will be for sale at our annual auction. Ursula Kroeber Le Guin was an American author best known for her works of speculative fiction, including science fiction works set in her Hainish universe, and the Earthsea fantasy series. Born on Oct. 21, 1929, in Berkeley, CA, Ursula Kroeber Le Guin began exploring the potential of science fiction and fantasy through writing in the early 1960s. In 1966, she published her first novel, “Rocannon’s World,” which intertwined elements of fantasy and science fiction. It inspired two sequels that established a setting for many later novels and stories. Educated at Radcliffe College, and after receiving a master’s degree from Columbia University, Le Guin also explored gender identity through “The Left Hand of Darkness.” This ground-breaking novel follows a human ambassador to an icebound planet — where the inhabitants had no fixed gender. The book, which won the Hugo and Nebula awards in science fiction and fantasy, is often praised as the novel that permanently raised the literary expectations for science fiction. Thanks for looking!

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Location: Cripple Creek, Colorado

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