Founded 1988
" An International Stamp Society, honoring the African Diaspora and African Americans on stamps"
Our 37th Year
Happy Holidays from ESPER
African Americans on U.S. Stamps 5
Wilt Chamberlain
Philadelphia Warriors
Scott # 4950
Issued Dec. 5, 2014
Artist: Kadir Nelson
Wilt Chamberlain
Los Angeles Lakers
Scott # 4951
Issued Dec. 5, 2014
Artist: Kadir Nelson
Maya Angelou
Scott # 4979
Issued April 7, 2015
Artist: Ross Rossin
Music Icons
Sarah Vaughan
Scott # 5059
Issued March 29, 2016
Artist: Bart Forbes
Music Icons
Marvin Gaye
Scott # 5371
Issued April 2, 2019
Artist: Kadir Nelson
Voices of the Harlem
Renaissance
Nella Larsen
Scott # 5471
Issued May 21, 2020
Artist: Gary Kelley
Voices of the Harlem
Renaissance
Arturo Schomburg
Scott # 5472
Issued May 21, 2020
Artist: Gary Kelley
Voices of the Harlem
Renaissance
Anne Spencer
Scott # 5473
Issued May 21, 2020
Artist: Gary Kelley
Voices of the Harlem
Renaissance
Alain Locke
Scott # 5474
Issued May 21, 2020
Artist: Gary Kelley
Toni Morrison
Scott # 5757
Issued March 7, 2023
Photo: Deborah Feingold
John Lewis
Scott # 5801
Issued July 21, 2023
Photo: Steve Schapiro
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Harriet Jacobs
Scott # 5837
Issued March 9, 2024
Photo: C. M. Gilbert
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William Lambert
Scott # 5842
Issued March 9, 2024
Photo: Public domain image
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William Still
Scott # 5836
Issued March 9, 2024
Photo: Courtesy of
Swarthmore College
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Jermain Loguen
Scott # 5838
Issued March 9, 2024
Photo:
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Lewis Hayden
Scott # 5840
Issued March 9, 2024
Photo: Courtesy of
Houghton Library, Harvard University
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Harriet Tubman
Scott # 5834
Issued March 9, 2024
Photo: Library of
Congress
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Frederick Douglass
Scott # 5841
Issued March 9, 2024
Photo: Unknown photographer
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Hank Aaron
Scott # 5908
Issued: July 31, 2024
Artist: Chuck Styles
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Muhammad Ali
Will be issued
Louisville, KY
January 15, 2026
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Harriet Powers
​TBA​
Figures of the American Revolution
Elizabeth Freeman
TBA
James Armistead
TBA
Lemuel Haynes
TBA