With thanks to Jay Bigalke, Linn’s Stamp News editor-in-chief, we have new additions to the list of living people on United States stamps. One of Bigalke’s collecting interests is to obtain …
Sep 26, 2011 · September 26, 201110:34 AM ET By NPR Staff and Wires For the first time, living people will be eligible to be honored on U.S. postage stamps. The U.S. Postal Service announced...
Jun 11, 2020 · Figure 1. The illustrations shown on the five American Indian Dancers stamps were painted from photographs of actual dancers, four of whom have been identified. The stamps were issued June 7, 1996. U.S. Stamp Notes by John M. Hotchner
The service announced Monday that it was tossing out its rule that its stamps honor only dead individuals and will be opening up this postage-stamp-size …
The United States Post Office Department released its first two postage stamps in 1847, featuring George Washington on one, and Benjamin Franklin on the ...
For example, the first commission of a living sitter was of Eunice Kennedy Shriver by artist David Lenz; the second was of Bill and Melinda Gates by Jon ...
This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. Since the United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and over 800 people featured. Many of these people (especially the earlier presidents) have been featured on multiple stamps. Most every one was deceased at the time their face ap…
Wanted, dead or alive: Famous Americans to appear on the next postage stamp. Once an honor reserved for those historic Americans who’ve since passed on, the U.S. Postal Service is giving …
This article lists people who have been featured on United States postage stamps, listed by their name, the year they were first featured on a stamp, and a short description of their notability. Since the United States Post Office issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and over 800 people featured.
Dec 23, 2015 · WASHINGTON -- For the first time, living people will be eligible to be honored on U.S. postage stamps. The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that it is ending its longstanding...
The American Indian Dances issue of 1996 includes five different 32¢ stamps (Scott 3072-3074) as shown in Figure 1. The images were painted by Keith Birdsong, an illustrator from Muskogee, Okla. According to the 1996 Linn’s U.S. Stamp Yearbook by George Amick, Birdsong “based each of his illustrations on a … Näytä lisää
May 16, 2000 · May 14 2002, 6:15 AM jpkennebeck Answer has 5 votes. There are only 3 people in the history of the United States Postal Service to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp while they were still living. Ira Hayes, Rene Gagnon and John Bradley were three of the five men who raised the U.S. flag atop Mt. Suribachi on Iwo Jima on February 23, 1945.
Apr 7, 2016 · Seventy-six years ago today, philatelic history was made when the first black person appeared on a stamp in the United States. The person in question was Booker T. Washington, the legendary...
There are only 3 people in the history of the United States Postal Service to be pictured on a U.S. postage stamp while they were still living. Ira Hayes, …
Jefferson Davis appeared while still alive on the first Confederate States of America stamp in 1861. Whether he was still considered a US citizen at the time is ...
WASHINGTON -- For the first time, living people will be eligible to be honored on U.S. postage stamps. The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that it …
VerkkoMay 20, 2021, 9 AM The designs of the four 1999 Extreme Sports stamps were based on photographs of living subjects. They are included in the author’s list of 80 U.S. stamp issues showing more than 100 living …