Celebrating the 75th Anniversary
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


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




Chatty Awards Winners
Congratulations to ESPER member Dr. Cheryl Ganz for winning in two categories.
1822 -- Harriet Tubman Bicentennial -- 2022
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

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

Tribute Page for 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
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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.

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 stamp ceremony at Princeton, March 7

Toni Morrison Commemorative Stamp Ceremony




Stamp Unveiling Video



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