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
Black Heritage Series 2
Langston Hughes
Scott # 3557
Issued Feb. 1, 2002
Photo: Henri Cartier-Bresson
Thurgood Marshall
Scott # 3746
Issued Jan. 7, 2003
Photo: Abdon Daoud Ackad, Sr.
Paul Robeson
Scott # 3834
Issued Jan. 20, 2004
Photo: Annette and Basil Zarov
Marian Anderson
Scott # 3896
Issued Jan. 27, 2005
Artist: Albert Slark
Hattie McDaniel
Scott # 3996
Issued Jan. 25, 2006
Artist: Tim O'Brien
Ella Fitzgerald
Scott # 4120
Issued Jan. 10, 2007
Artist: Paul Davis
Charles W. Chesnutt
Scott # 4222
Issued Jan. 31, 2008
Artist: Kazuhiko Sano
Anna Julia Cooper
Scott # 4408
Issued June 11, 2009
Artist: Kadir Nelson
Oscar Michaeux
Scott # 4464
Issued June 10, 2010
Artist: Gary Kelley
Barbara Jordan
Scott # 4565
Issued Jan. 27, 2011
Artist: Albert Slark
John H. Johnson
Scott # 4624
Issued Jan. 31, 2012
Photo: Davis McCann
Althea Gibson
Scott # 4803
Issued Aug. 23, 2013
Artist: Kadir Nelson
Shirley Chisholm
Scott # 4856
Issued Jan. 31, 2014
Artist: Robert Shetterly
Robert Robinson Taylor
Scott # 4958
Issued Feb. 12, 2015
Photo: MIT Archives
Richard Allen
Scott # 5056
Issued Feb. 2, 2016
Image: Bishops of the A.M.E. Church
Dorothy Height
Scott # 5171
Issued Feb. 1, 2017
Artist: Thomas Blackshear II
Lena Horne
Scott # 5259
Issued Jan. 30, 2018
Photo: Christian Steiner
Gregory Hines
Scott # 5349
Issued Jan. 28, 2019
Photo: Jack Mitchell
Gwen Ifill
Scott # 5432
Issued Jan. 30, 2020
Photo: Robert Severi
August Wilson
Scott # 5555
Issued Jan. 28, 2021
Artist: Tim O'Brien
Edmonia Lewis
Scott # 5663
Issued Jan. 26, 2022
Artist: Alex Bostic
Ernest J. Gaines
Scott # 5753
Issued Jan. 23, 2023
Artist: Robert Peterson
Constance Baker Motley
Scott # 5830
Issued Jan. 31, 2024
Artist: Charly Palmer
​Allen Toussaint
Scott # 5957
Issued Jan. 31, 2025
Photo: Bill Tompkins
Phillis Wheatley​
Scott #
Issued Jan. 29, 2026
Artist: Kerry James Marshall