List of people on the postage stamps of the United States explained

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 (now United States Postal Service or USPS) issued its first stamp in 1847, over 4,000 stamps have been issued and over 800 people featured. People have been featured on multiple stamps in one issue, or over time, such as various Presidents of the United States. Through the years, a person has had to be deceased before their face appeared on a stamp,[1] though the USPS will document that a stamp has commemorated people, living or deceased, without including their actual face on the stampsuch as the image of a yellow submarine from the 1969 eponymous album cover shown on the 1999 stamp[2] commemorating four people (three then-still alive) who collectively formed The Beatles.

For the purpose of this list, "featured" may mean:

  1. The likeness of a person,
  2. The name of a person, or
  3. People who have neither their likeness nor name on a stamp, but are documented by the United States Postal Service as being the subject of a stamp (see Reference).

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See also

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: About Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee . . August 2011 . 2024-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110926031251/http://about.usps.com/who-we-are/leadership/stamp-advisory-committee.htm . 2011-09-26 . dead . [2011 Criteria No. 2] No living person shall be honored by portrayal on U.S. postage..
  2. Web site: U.S. Postage and the Beatles: The 1999 Stamp, the 2003 Proofs and Future Expectations . Calvin . Mitchell . 2014-03-27 . . 2024-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220201040727/https://postalmuseum.si.edu/us-postage-and-the-beatles-the-1999-stamp-the-2003-proofs-and-future-expectations . 2022-02-01 . live.
  3. Web site: 'Vintage Black Cinema' Movie Poster Stamps Highlight African- American Cultural Experience . United States Postal Service . 9 June 2022 . 15 July 2008.
  4. http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonstamps/ms1994b.gif "First Moon Landing, 1969" 29¢ United States postage stamp
  5. "1969 First Moon Landing" 54¢ 'forever' United States postage stamp, reproducing Neil Armstrong's famed July 20, 1969 (July 21, UTC) photograph of Aldrin on the Moon, with Armstrong reflected in the center Aldrin's visor. Aldrin's name tag is legible on the life support system in front of his chest.
  6. http://home.hiwaay.net/~krcool/Astro/moon/moonstamps/ms1969b.gif "First Man on the Moon" 10₵ United States Air Mail stamp
  7. "1969 First Moon Landing" 54¢ 'forever' United States postage stamp, reproducing Neil Armstrong's famed July 20, 1969 (July 21, UTC) photograph of Aldrin on the Moon, with Armstrong himself reflected in the center Aldrin's visor. Armstrong is not named on the stamp, though Aldrin's name tag is legible.
  8. Web site: USPS Releases 2020 Ruth Asawa Stamp. 3 April 2020.
  9. Web site: First Day of Issue Ceremony for Postage Stamp Honoring Saul Bellow . 2024-03-02 . events.uchicago.edu . en.
  10. Web site: 2021-11-01 . Eugenie Clark (U.S. 2022) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-05-09 . en-US.
  11. Web site: 2023-10-23 . Underground Railroad (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-04-02 . en-US.
  12. Web site: 2023-10-23 . Underground Railroad (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-04-02 . en-US.
  13. Web site: 2024-03-06 . Betty Ford (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-05-09 . en-US.
  14. [Four Chaplains#U.S. postage stamp|"These Immortal Chaplains" 3¢ United States postage stamp]
  15. Web site: 32c "Mrs. Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary" single . postalmuseum.si.edu . Smithsonian: National Postal Museum . 9 June 2022 . en . 1998.
  16. Web site: 2023-10-23 . Underground Railroad (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-04-02 . en-US.
  17. Web site: 2022-10-24 . Ruth Bader Ginsburg (US 2023) virtualstampclub.com . 2023-10-26 . en-US.
  18. Web site: 2023-10-23 . Underground Railroad (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-04-02 . en-US.
  19. Web site: 2023-10-23 . Underground Railroad (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-04-02 . en-US.
  20. Web site: 2023-10-23 . Underground Railroad (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-04-02 . en-US.
  21. Web site: 2023-10-23 . Underground Railroad (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-04-02 . en-US.
  22. Web site: 2021-11-01 . Edmonia Lewis (U.S. 2022) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-05-09 . en-US.
  23. Web site: 2022-12-13 . John Lewis (U.S. 2023) virtualstampclub.com . 2023-10-26 . en-US.
  24. Web site: 2023-10-23 . Underground Railroad (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-04-02 . en-US.
  25. Web site: 2022-10-24 . Toni Morrison (US 2023) virtualstampclub.com . 2023-10-26 . en-US.
  26. Web site: Landmark Lawmaker Lauded: Constance Baker Motley Graces USPS Black Heritage Stamp - Newsroom - About.usps.com . 2024-01-31 . about.usps.com . en.
  27. [Golden spike#Aftermath|"Completion of First Transcontinental Railroad" 3₵ United States postage stamp]
  28. Web site: Institution . Smithsonian . 8c General John Pershing single . 2023-10-26 . Smithsonian Institution . en.
  29. http://about.usps.com/news/national-releases/2017/pr17_081.htm U.S. Postal Service Provides First-Day Date and Locations for 2018 First Quarter Stamp Issuances
  30. Russell was the photographer who memorialized the driving of the "golden spike" connecting the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads in 1869. "Completion of First Transcontinental Railroad" 3₵ United States postage stamp depicts A.J. Russell photographing Leland Stanford driving the "golden spike" at Promontory Point, Utah. Russell is toward the right side of the stamp.
  31. Web site: Honoring Four of Harlem's Historic Voices - Newsroom - About.usps.com. 2021-02-25. about.usps.com.
  32. Web site: 2022-10-24 . Chief Standing Bear (US 2023) virtualstampclub.com . 2023-10-26 . en-US.
  33. [Golden spike#Aftermath|"Completion of First Transcontinental Railroad" 3₵ United States postage stamp]
  34. Web site: 2023-10-23 . Underground Railroad (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-04-02 . en-US.
  35. Web site: 2023-10-23 . Underground Railroad (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-04-02 . en-US.
  36. Web site: Cooper, Ralph . Alfred Verville . The Early Birds of Aviation, Inc. . 2004 . 2014-05-01 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303203458/http://earlyaviators.com/evervill.htm . 2016-03-03.
  37. Book: Mary L. Maas . Jim Krzycki . Judy Brezina . Ruth Waters . amp . Colfax County. 21 July 2014. Arcadia Publishing. 978-1-4671-1196-6. 40.
  38. Web site: 2023-11-30 . John Wooden (U.S. 2024) virtualstampclub.com . 2024-03-02 . en-US.
  39. Web site: Cho. Adrian. Postage stamp to honor female physicist who many say should have won the Nobel Prize. 2021-02-05. 2021-02-01.

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