Founded 1988
" An International Stamp Society, honoring the African Diaspora and African Americans on stamps"
Our 38th Year
Join ATA's Circle of Maecenas and Celebrate Boston 2026 World Expo
Stamp Ceremonies and Unveilings 2026
A look at Jazz Musicians Through Covers by Don Neal
ESPER member James Joppy
Black Histroy Month Exhibit
Philately and Music: Black Musicians on Postage Stamps
with Della Moses Walker and Ashley Turnbull​
Presented by the British Empire Study Group
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
Emancipation Memorial
13th Amendment
(Archer Alexander)
Scott # 902
Issued Oct. 20, 1940
Artist: Thomas Ball
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