Founded 1988
" An International Stamp Society, honoring the African Diaspora and African Americans on stamps"
Our 36th Year
African Americans on U.S. Stamps
Famous Americans
Booker T. Washington
Scott # 873
Issued April 7, 1940
First Stamp to Honor
an African American
Famous Americans
John James Audubon
Scott # 874
Issued 1940
13th Amendment
(Archer Alexander)
Scott # 902
Issued Oct. 20, 1940
George Washington Carver
Scott # 953
Issued Jan. 5, 1948
Centennial of
Booker T. Washington
(Birthplace)
Scott # 1074
Issued April 5, 1956
Prominent Americans
Frederick Douglass
Scott # 1290
Issued Feb. 14, 1967
Designer: Walter D. Richards
Painting by Trumball
Lt. Thomas Grosvenor
and Peter Salem
Scott # 1351
Issued Oct. 18, 1968
W.C. Handy
"Father of the Blues"
Scott # 1372
Issued May 17, 1969
Designer: Bernice Kochan
American Arts
Henry Ossawa Tanner
Scott # 1486
Issued Sept. 10, 1973
Designer: Mark English
American Arts
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Scott # 1554
Issued May 1, 1975
Designer: Walter D. Richards
American Bicentennial
Salem Poor
Scott # 1560
Issued March 25, 1975
Great Americans
Charles R. Drew, MD
Scott # 1865
Issued June 3, 1981
Designer: Nathan Jones
Great Americans
Ralph Bunche
Scott # 1860
Issued Jan. 12, 1982
Designer: Jim Sharpe
American Sports Personalities
Roberto Clemente
Scott # 2097
Issued Aug. 17, 1984
Designer: Juan Lopez-Bonilla
John James Audubon
Scott # 1863
Issued April 23, 1985
Designer: Chris Calle
Performing Arts
Edward "Duke" Ellington
Scott # 2211
Issued April 29, 1986
Designer: Jim Sharpe
Arctic Explorers
Matthew Henson
Scott # 2223
Issued May 28, 1986
Designer: Dennis Lyall
Olympian
Jesse Owens
Scott # 2496
Issued July 6, 1990
Designer: Bart Forbes
Legends of American Music
Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues
Clyde McPhatter
Scott # 2726
Issued June 16, 1993
Artist: John Berkey
Legends of American Music
Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues
Otis Redding
Scott # 2728
Issued June 16, 1993
Artist: John Berkey
Legends of American Music
Rock & Roll/Rhythm & Blues
Dinah Washington
Scott # 2730
Issued June 16, 1993
Artist: John Berkey
American Sports Personalities
Joe Louis
Scott # 2766
Issued June 22, 1993
Artist: Thomas Blackshear II
Legends of American Music
Popular Singers
Ethel Waters
Scott # 2851
Issued Sept. 1, 1994
Artist: C. F. Payne
Legends of American Music
Popular Singers
Nat "King" Cole
Scott # 2852
Issued Sept. 1, 1994
Artist: C. F. Payne
Legends of American Music
Jazz & Blues Singers
Bessie Smith
Scott # 2854
Issued Sept. 17, 1993
Artist: Howard Koslow
Legends of American Music
Jazz & Blues Singers
Muddy Waters
Scott # 2855
Issued Sept. 17, 1993
Artist: Julian Allen