Founded 1988
" An International Stamp Society, honoring the African Diaspora and African Americans on stamps"
Our 36th Year
African Americans on U.S. Stamps 3
Celebrate the Century 1900s
W.E.B. Du Bois
Scott # 3182i
Issued Feb. 10, 1998
Artist: Richard Waldrep
Celebrate the Century 1910s
George Washington Carver
Scott # 3183c
Issued Feb. 10, 1998
Artist: Dennis Lyall
Legends of American Music
Folk Musicians
Hudie "Leadbelly" Ledbetter
Scott # 3212
Issued June 26, 1998
Artist: Bernard Fuchs
Legends of American Music
Folk Musicians
Sonny Terry
Scott # 3214
Issued June 26, 1998
Artist: Bernard Fuchs
Legends of American Music
Folk Musicians
Josh White
Scott # 3215
Issued June 26, 1998
Artist: Bernard Fuchs
Legends of American Music
Gospel Singers
Mahalia Jackson
Scott # 3216
Issued July 15, 1998
Artist: Gary Kelley
Legends of American Music
Gospel Singers
Roberta Martin
Scott # 3217
Issued July 15, 1998
Artist: Gary Kelley
Legends of American Music
Gospel Singers
Clara Ward
Scott # 3218
Issued July 15, 1998
Artist: Gary Kelley
Legends of American Music
Gospel Singers
"Sister" Rosetta Tharpe
Scott # 3219
Issued July 15, 1998
Artist: Gary Kelley
Celebrate the Century 1930s
Jesse Owens
Scott # 3185j
Issued Sept. 10, 1998
Artist: Paul Calle
Celebrate the Century 1940s
Jackie Robinson
Scott # 3186c
Issued Feb. 18, 1999
Artist: Howard Koslow
Celebrate the Century 1960s
Martin Luther King, Jr.
"I Have a Dream"
Scott # 3188a
Issued Sept. 17, 1999
Artist: Keith Birdsong
Legends of Baseball
Jackie Robinson
Scott # 3408a
Issued June 6, 2000
Artist: Joseph Saffold
Legends of Baseball
Roberto Clemente
Scott # 3408j
Issued June 6, 2000
Artist: Joseph Saffold
Legends of Baseball
Satchel Paige
Scott # 3408p
Issued June 6, 2000
Artist: Joseph Saffold
Legends of Baseball
Josh Gibson
Scott # 3408r
Issued June 6, 2000
Artist: Joseph Saffold
Women in Journalism
Ethel L. Payne
Scott # 3667
Issued Sept. 14, 2002
Artist: Fred Otnes
Literary Arts
Zora Neale Hurston
Scott # 3748
Issued Jan. 24, 2003
Artist: Drew Struzan
American Choreographers
Alvin Ailey
Scott # 3841
Issued May 4, 2004
Designer: Ethel Kessler
Distinguished Americans
Wilma Rudolph
Scott # 3422, #3436
Issued July 14, 2004
Artist: Mark Summers
Literary Arts
James Baldwin
Scott # 3871
Issued July 23, 2004
Artist: Thomas Blackshear II
American Sports Personalities
Arthur Ashe
Scott # 3936
Issued Aug. 27, 2005
Photo: Michael O'Neill
American Sports Personalities
Sugar Ray Robinson
Scott # 4020
Issued April 7, 2006
Designer: Carl T. Herrman
Distinguished American Diplomats
Clifton R. Wharton, Sr.
Scott # 4076f
Issued May 30, 2006
Designer: Fred Otnes