Founded 1988
" An International Stamp Society, honoring the African Diaspora and African Americans on stamps"
Our 36th Year
Click to register for ceremony.
ESPER member helped bring Negro Leagues record into MLB record books
ESPER Day in Marland. Click on icon for information and free tickets
First Day of Issue Ceremony in New York
Underground Railroad
Ceremony in New York
April 30, 2024
Welcome to ESPER Video
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Our founder Dr. Esper G. Hayes
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The video is a
introduction to ESPER
This is Dr. Hayes' last known interview. It was at our
30th anniversary in 2018.
APS Reflecting with ESPER Video
Interview wit Howard Ingram, Walter Faison, Charlene Blair and Clarence McKnight
Click on embedded websites for more information (page 39).
ESPER is featured in APS video file: The Philatelic Files Episode 4 ESPER. Rosina Major and Don Neal star in the video, and Betty Lewis has a cameo appearance.
ESPER members in video plus
The APS Great American Stamp Show
When: August 15-18, 2024
Location: Hartford, CT
My One -Page Exhibit 2024
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2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024
"The Lion of Anacostia"
Exhibit by Don Neal
By National Postal Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum
2024 USPS STAMP PROGRAM
Stamps Being Issued
July and August 2024
Will be issued on July 18 in Berkeley, California
Will be issued on July 22 in Culver City, California
Will be issued on August 15, in Hartford, Ct at GASS
Will be issued on July 18 in Berkeley, California
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U.S. Postal Service and We Are Teachers are proud to announce The USPS Pen Pal Project, a new, free educational program for grade 3-5 students.
2024
African-American stamps being issued in 2024
The Underground Railroad Issued
March 9, 2024
Church Creek, MD
Hank Aaron
Date of Issue July 31
at 10:00 am
Truist Park Stadium
Atlanta, Ga
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Kwanzaa
Date of Issue: September 25
​Pittsburgh, Pa.
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Constance Baker Motley
Will be issued
January 31, 2024
New York, New York
Stamp Ceremonies Pages for 2023
African-American stamps issued in 2023
Ernest J. Gaines
stamp was issued
Monday, January 23, 2023,
in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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Toni Morrison
stamp was issued
Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
Ernest J. Gaines
Stamp Ceremony
January 23, 2023
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John Lewis
stamp was issued Friday, July 21, in Atlanta, Georgia.
(Click on stamp for special page.)
John Lewis
Stamp Ceremony
July 21, 2023
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Toni Morrison
Stamp Ceremony
March 7, 2023
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Art of Ceremony
stamp was issued
Friday, March 24, 2023,
in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Meet the Artists
Behind the USPS’s
‘Art of the Skateboard’ Stamps.
Black History Month Stamp Honours Mary Ann Shadd
Black History Month
Honour Mary Ann Shadd
Issued January 23, 2024
Cancellation: Chatham, Ontario
Illustrator: Natasha Cunningham
Mary Ann Shadd Booklet
Mary Ann Shadd Booklet Cover and Back
Mary Ann Shadd First Day Cover
Back of First Day Cover
Second Quarter
Our April 2024, 2rd Quarter
issue is ready for viewing in the
Members Only Section.
Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections
The Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections (ESPER) is an international stamp society dedicated to promoting the collecting of stamps and philatelic material depicting people and events related to the African diaspora and to encouraging and supporting the interest and participation of Black people in all aspects of philately. It is ESPER's sincere hope that visiting our website not only will enhance your knowledge of stamp collecting and Black heritage, but also will create a desire to start or revive your own collection of stamps or other philatelic material.
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