Celebrating the 75th Anniversary

Breaking the color barrier

Larry Doby, breaking the color barrier on July 5, 1947. He became the second Negro League Baseball player to join Major League Baseball.

African-American stamps issued in 2021

Rosa Parks Bio

Ceremony was on

January 28, 2021

Location: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Tap Dance ceremony was on

July 10, 2021

Location: New York, New York

"Row, Row, Row Your Boat"

"Women's Rowing Stamp Ceremony"

Part of Women's Rowing stamp

Was issued on May 13, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

A special page to celebrate Rosa Parks

SESE AT BOOTH

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Chatty Awards Winners

Congratulations to ESPER member Dr. Cheryl Ganz for winning in two categories.

1822 -- Harriet Tubman Bicentennial -- 2022

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Our Founder, Dr. Esper G. Hayes,

2021 Rowland Hill Award winner

at Southeastern Stamp Expo 2022

ESPER Mobile Store App

The National Postal Museum presents a blockbuster exhibition exploring America's national pastime.

Dr. Esper G. Hayes,

ESPER's Founder

You can download our mobile store app for your Iphone, Ipad, or Android. (Click on picture to download ESPER store app)

Tribute to Jerry Pinkney

(December 22, 1939 - October 20, 2021)

Jerry Pinkney, artist, children's books and stamp illustrator of the first stamps in the Black Heritage series

Dr. Warachal E. Faison

"Teaching is the second best thing to writing for me. What a pleasure it is and how truly intellectually exciting it is to at Princeton"

ATA Online Course in March

Thematic Exhibiting: Connecting Through Creativity

(Click for more information)

Toni Morrison stamp ceremony at Princeton, March 7

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Free Zoom Seminar

on July 13, 2023

Special Lecture on

August 1, 2023

Nicholas G. Carter Award Link

ESPER INTRODUCTION VIDEO

ESPER AT SESE 2023

By Howard Ingram

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

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See Mary's Kwanzaa presentation for the Collectors Club from December 21.

Tribute Page for Dr. Warachal E. Faison

On stage from left to right are Dean of the Faculty Gene Jarrett, Professor Ruha Benjamin, President Christopher L. Eisgruber, Pritha Mehra, chief information officer and executive vice president of the Postal Service, photographer Deborah Feingold, Librarian of Congress Carla Hayden, and senior lecturer in the Lewis Center for the Arts Michael Cadden.

John Lewis NJ Ceremony

These first editions of Morrison's novel are among the Toni Morrison Papers, housed in the Manuscripts Division, Department of Rare books and Special Collections, Princeton University Library

Toni Morrison Commemorative Stamp Ceremony

Pride Month
and Black
Stamp History

Stamp Unveiling Video

Website Registration Form

Our members donated over $1,500 for 2022.

Thanks for your donations!

Celebrating Our 35th Anniversary

Hotel reservation and event registration are open.

(Online registration is open)

Franklin Armstrong,
Peanuts' first Black character

Kwanzaa Stamp Ceremony

on October 13, in St. Louis, MO

Edmonia Lewis

Stamp Dedication Ceremony

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

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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.

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