On September 10, 2009, in Los Angeles, California, the Postal Service issued a 44-cent Gary Cooper commemorative stamp. Designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, the stamp is the 15th issuance in the Legends of Hollywood series. For decades, Gary Cooper (1901-1961), a popular leading man from Hollywood's "Golden Age," was the all-American hero whose believable performances and strong, silent appeal brought him a lifetime of fame. Phil Jordan designed the stamp using a portrait by artist Kazuhiko Sano of Mill Valley, California, based on a black and white photograph of Gary Cooper taken by George Hurrell, circa 1940. The selvage art, based on a still from the movie "High Noon," depicts Gary Cooper in his Academy Award-winning role as the courageous Marshall Will Kane. Avery Dennison produced 40 million stamps in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of twenty stamps using the gravure process.