Founded 1988
" An International Stamp Society, honoring the African Diaspora and African Americans on stamps"
Our 38th Year
Congratulations ESPER Members
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
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"The Lion of Anacostia"
Exhibit by Don Neal
By National Postal Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum
October Stamp Exhibit
Stamp Ceremonies Pages for 2023
Negro League Baseball memorabilia and stamp exhibit by Clarence McKnight
at TD Bank Ballpark in Bridgewater, NJ
Rafael Hernandez
And the Legacy of the 369th Regiment's Harlem Hellfighterrs
Special Zoom on Saturday, October 4th
(Click on Zoom Link below)
Stamps Being Issued
September 2025
First Day of Ceremony on Tuesday, September 9 in New Haven, CT
First Day of Ceremony on Saturday, September 13, Washington, DC
First Day of Ceremony on Friday, September Danville, IN
First Day of Ceremony on Tuesday, September 9 in New Haven, CT
Stamps Being Issued
September 2025
2026 USPS STAMP PROGRAM
In Memory of Rev. Dr. David Mielke
(1945-2025)
Click on picture to view his obituary
Ernest J. Gaines
stamp was issued
Monday, January 23, 2023,
in Lafayette, Louisiana.
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Toni Morrison
stamp was issued
Tuesday, March 7, 2023, at
Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey.
Ernest J. Gaines
Stamp Ceremony
January 23, 2023
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John Lewis
stamp was issued Friday, July 21, in Atlanta, Georgia.
(Click on stamp for special page.)
John Lewis
Stamp Ceremony
July 21, 2023
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Toni Morrison
Stamp Ceremony
March 7, 2023
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Art of Ceremony
stamp was issued
Friday, March 24, 2023,
in Phoenix, Arizona.
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Meet the Artists
Behind the USPS’s
‘Art of the Skateboard’ Stamps.
ESPER at BALPEX
Ceremony and What this Stamp Means to Me?
ESPER member helped bring Negro Leagues record into MLB record books
New Exhibitor Award
ESPER member Hollace Enoch received New Exhibitor Award
Ashlely Turnbull Black History Month Presentation
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(Video)
The History of Black Superheroes
What can U.S Black Postage teach
us about History
ESPER at 2025 SESE stamp show in Ga.
The History of Black Superheroes
PDF File
What can U.S Black Postage teach
Black Notables we lost in 2024
Memorial Philatelic Cover Display
by Don Neal
