Founded 1988
" An International Stamp Society"
Celebrating
Our 35th Year
Celebrating Our 35th Anniversary
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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 AT SESE 2023
By Howard Ingram
Fit to be on a Stamp
Inventor Lewis H. Latimer
A special page to celebrate Rosa Parks
Celebrating the 175th Anniversary
Interview and Special page
Zoom interview with Clarence McKnight
Meet the Artists Behind the USPS’s
‘Art of the Skateboard’ Stamps
2022 and 2023
Our members donated over $1,500 for 2022.
Thanks for your donations!
My One -Page Exhibit
2023
"The Lion of Anacostia"
Exhibit by Don Neal
By National Postal Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum
2023 USPS STAMP PROGRAM
Stamps Being Issued
March 2023
Ceremony will be Wednesday, March 1, in Liberty, NY. (No HQ ceremony)
Ceremony will be Tuesday, March 7, in Princeton, NJ.
Ceremony will be Friday, March 24, in Phoenix, AZ
Ceremony will be Wednesday, March 1, in Liberty, NY. (No HQ ceremony)
Pictures from ESPER booth at NOJEX
October 14-16, 2022
From left to right: Rosina Major, ESPER Secretary; Clarence McKnight, Webmaster; Della Moses Walker, NJ State Director; and Gwen Melvin Foster; NJ Chapter
Clarence McKnight, Webmaster; and Beverly Harrison, NJ Chapter
Left to right : Darryl Williams, NJ Chapter; Susan Meyers, NJ Chapter; Shawn "SWJ" Johnson; NJ Chapter. Front row: Rosina Majors; ESPER Secretary, Jane Mays; from Philadelphia, Don Neal; Editor in Chief of Reflections Newsletter and Della Moses Walker; NJ Chapter Director
From left to right: Rosina Major, ESPER Secretary; Clarence McKnight, Webmaster; Della Moses Walker, NJ State Director; and Gwen Melvin Foster; NJ Chapter
2023
Youth and Teachers Stamp Page
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.
African-American stamps being issued in 2023
Ernest Gaines
Stamp Ceremony
January 23, 2023
Ernest J. Gaines
Stamp will be issued
Monday, January 23, 2023, in
Lafayette, Louisiana
(Click on stamp for more information)
John Lewis
Stamp will be issued Friday, July 21
in Atlanta, Ga
(Click on stamp for special page)
Toni Morrisson
Stamp Ceremony
March 7, 2023
Toni Morrison
ceremony was at Princeton University on March 7, 2023
See special page for more info.
Art of the Skateboard
African-American stamps issued in 2022
Franklin Armstrong,
Peanuts' first Black character
Special Title IX page
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the issues
Kwanzaa Stamp Ceremony
on October 13, in St. Louis, MO
Kwanzaa artist Erin Robinson standing beside stamp display.
Photos from Charlene Blair
Kwanzaa Stamp Video Ceremony
Edmonia Lewis
Stamp Dedication Ceremony
Tom Grant, current Rensselaer County legislator and former East Greenbush town board member; ESPER member Michelle D. Winfield; Roberta "Bobbie" Reno, East Greenbush town historian; ESPER member Dolores Leito; Jack Conway, East Greenbush town supervisor; ESPER member Don Neal, Reflections editor. Michelle and Dolores are on the NY Downstate Committee to Honor Edmonia Lewis.
ESPER member Michelle D. Winfield; Mary Pat Donnelly, Rensselaer County district attorney; Roberta "Bobbie" Reno, East Greenbush town historian
Edmonia Lewis' "Death of Cleopatra" sculpture (left) was considered "the most impressive American sculpture" when displayed at the Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia in 1876. "Old Arrow Maker" (right) depicts a scene from the "Song of Hiawatha" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.
Tom Grant, current Rensselaer County legislator and former East Greenbush town board member; ESPER member Michelle D. Winfield; Roberta "Bobbie" Reno, East Greenbush town historian; ESPER member Dolores Leito; Jack Conway, East Greenbush town supervisor; ESPER member Don Neal, Reflections editor. Michelle and Dolores are on the NY Downstate Committee to Honor Edmonia Lewis.
Lisa Farrington of Howard University addresses the audience during the ceremony
Alex Bostic, the stamp artist and the son of a postal worker, serves as master of ceremony
Attendee applies a stamp to a card
Lisa Farrington of Howard University addresses the audience during the ceremony
Ceremony was on
January 26, 2022
Location:
Smithsonian America Art Museum
February 9, 2022
East Greenbush, New York.
Black History Month Stamp Honours Chloe Cooley
Black History Month
Honour Chloe Cooley
Issued January 30, 2023
Cancellation: Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
Illustrator: Rick Jacobsen
Chloe Cooley Booklet
Chloe Cooley Booklet Cover
Chloe Cooley First Day Cover
Back of First Day Cover
CHARPEX
STAMP SHOW
2022
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Our January 2023 First 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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