African Americans on U. S. Stamps Part I   African Americans on U.S. Stamps Part II 
African Americans on U. S. Stamps Part III   African Americans on U.S. Stamps Part IV 
        
Select the Link Under each Stamp for a Biographical or Historical Sketch

Duke Ellington - Bio Jazz Composer  Scott # 2211 Issued April 29, 1986 Design by Jim Sharpe

Matthew Henson Artic Explorer  Scott # 2223 Issued May 28, 1986 Design by Dennis Lyall

Jesse Owens Olympians Set of 5  Scott # 2496 Issued July 6, 1990 Design by Bart Forbes

Clyde McPhatter Rock & Roll Rhythm & Blues Scott #2726 Issued June 16, 1993 Designed by John Berkey

Otis Redding Rock & Roll Rhythm & Blues Scott #2728 Issued June 16, 1993 Designed by John Berkey

Dinah Washington Rock & Roll Rhythm & Blues Scott #2730 Issued June 16, 1993 Designed by John Berkey

Joe Louis The Brown Bomber Scott # 2766 Issued Jun 22, 1993 by Thomas Blackshear

Ethel Waters Popular Singers Scott #2851 September 1, 1994 Designed by

Nat "King" Cole Popular Singers Scott #2852 September 1, 1994 Designed by Chris Payne

Bessie Smith Jazz & Blues Scott # 2854 Issued Sept 17, 1994 by Howard Koslow

Muddy Waters Jazz & Blues Scott #2855 Issued Sept 17, 1994 by Julian Allen

Billie Holiday Jazz & Blues Scott #2856 Issued Sept 17, 1994 by Howard Koslow

Robert Johnson Jazz & Blues Scott #2857 Issued Sept 17, 1994 by Julian Allen

Jimmy Rushing Jazz & Blues Scott #2858 Issued Sept 17, 1994 by Howard Koslow

Gertrude "Ma" Rainey Jazz & Blues Scott #2859 Issued Sept 17, 1994 by Julian Allen

Chester Burnett "Howlin Wolf'" Jazz & Blues Scott #2861 Issued Sept 17, 1994 by Julian Allen

Bill Pickett Revised Legends of the West Scott # 2869g Issued Oct 18, 1994 Design by Mark Hess

Bill Pickett - Recalled  (Bill's Brother Ben) Scott #2870 (Pane) Issued Oct 18, 1994

Jim Beckwourth Legends of the West Scott # 2869q Issued Oct 18, 1994 Design by Mark Hess

Frederick Douglass Civil War Issue Scott #2975h Issued June 29, 1995 Designed by Mark Hess

African Americans on U. S. Stamps Part I   African Americans on U.S. Stamps Part II 
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