All Aboard! 20th Century American Trains which contained four sets of the five paintings. All Aboard! 20th Century American Trains In August 1999, the United States Postal Service issued a set of 33¢ postage stamps entitled All Aboard! 20th Century American Trains to ""pay tribute to American industry and design, and specifically to the heritage of our railroads."" Artist Ted Rose created five watercolor images depicting the following celebrated American named passenger trains from the 1930s and 1940s: Descriptive text regarding each of the trains was listed on the gummed side of each stamp. At the same time, the USPS offered for sale a booklet of
20th century in literature list has been published since 1942. The best-selling literary works of the 20th century are estimated to be "The Lord of the Rings" (1954/55, 150 million copies), "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" (1997, 120 million copies) and "And Then There Were None" (1939, 115 million copies). "The Lord of the Rings" was also voted "book of the century" in various surveys. "Perry Rhodan" (1961 to present) proclaimed as the best-selling book series, with an estimated total of 1 billion copies sold. The "Fin de siècle" movement of the "Belle Époque" persisted into the 20th century, but was brutally cut