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 4
Baseball Sluggers
Roy Campanella
Scott # 4080, UX455
Issued July 15, 2006
Artist: Lonnie Busch
Civil Rights Pioneers
Pane
Scott # 4384
Issued Feb. 21, 2009
Civil Rights Pioneers
Mary Church Terrell/
Mary White Ovington
Scott # 4384a
Issued Feb. 21, 2009
Civil Rights Pioneers
J.R. Clifford/
Joel Elias Spingarn
Scott # 4384b
Issued Feb. 21, 2009
Civil Rights Pioneers
Oswald Garrison Villard/
Daisy Gatson Bates
Scott # 4384c
Issued Feb. 21, 2009
Civil Rights Pioneers
Charles Hamilton Houston/
Walter White
Scott # 4384d
Issued Feb. 21, 2009
Civil Rights Pioneers
Medgar Evers/
Fannie Lou Hamer
Scott # 4384e
Issued Feb. 21, 2009
Civil Rights Pioneers
Ella Baker/
Ruby Hurley
Scott # 4384f
Issued Feb. 21, 2009
Literary Arts
Richard Wright
Scott # 4386
Issued April 9, 2009
Artist: Kadir Nelson
Distinguished Sailors
Doris Miller
Scott # 4443
Issued Feb. 4, 2010
Negro Leagues Baseball
Play at the Plate/Rube Foster
Scott # 4465, 4466, 4466a (as a pair)
Issued July 15, 2010
Artist: Kadir Nelson
Latin Music Legends
Celia Cruz
Scott # 4501
Issued March 16, 2011
Artist: Rafael Lopez
Twentieth-Century Poets
Gwendolyn Brooks
Scott # 4655
Issued April 21, 2012
Photo: Jon Randolph
Twentieth-Century Poets
Robert Hayden
Scott # 4657
Issued April 21, 2012
Photo: Timothy D. Franklin
Miles Davis
Scott # 4693
Issued June 12, 2012
Photo: David Gahr
Innovative Choreographers
Katherine Dunham
Scott # 4700
Issued July 28, 2012
Artist: James McMullan
Major League Baseball All-Stars
Larry Doby
Scott # 4695
Issued July 21, 2012
Artist: Kadir Nelson
Major League Baseball All-Stars
Willie Stargell
Scott # 4696
Issued July 21, 2012
Artist: Kadir Nelson
Civil Rights
Rosa Parks
Scott # 4742
Issued Feb. 4, 2013
Artist: Thomas Blackshear II
Music Icons
Ray Charles
Scott # 4807
Issued Sept. 23, 2013
Photo: Yves Carrère
Literary Arts
Ralph Ellison
Scott # 4866
Issued Feb. 18, 2014
Artist: Kadir Nelson
Distinguished Americans
C. ALfred "Chief" Anderson
Scott # 4879
Issued March 13, 2014
Artist: Sterling Hundley
Music Icons
Jimi Hendrix
Scott # 4880
Issued March 13, 2014
Artist: Rudy Guttierez
Celebrity Chefs
Edna Lewis
Scott # 4922
Issued Sept. 26, 2014
Artist: Jason Seiler