Founded 1988
" An International Stamp Society"
Our 36th Year
Congratulations to ESPER member Charlene Blair
Charline P. Blair, standing beside her award winning exhibit frame
Charlene exhibit was on Marian Anderson
Charline P. Blair, standing beside her award winning exhibit frame
Winning Bronze Award for her exhibit
at the St. Louis Stamp Expo 2017
Congratulations to ESPER member Larry Lester
Larry Lester, Negro Leagues historian and co-founder Kansas City's Negro Leagues Baseball Museum was selected to receive 2017 Bob Davids Award by
"Society for American Baseball Research"
Harriet Tubman Underground Railroad State Park
Don Conway
Black History Month Presentation
At Black Business Expo February 5, 2018
Journalism Club
East St. Louis Charter HS
At Black Business Expo February 5, 2018
Charlene Blair
Black History Month Presentation
ESPER's 30th Anniversary
Celebration Countdown
Presentation at Murphy Senior Citizen building in Passaic, New Jersey
ESPER crew having fun at Max & Erma's Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Pictured (L-R) Howard Ingram (VA), Walter Faison (NC), John Parker (guest), Mark Thompson (TN), Rosina Major (NY), Lynda Thompson (TN), Betty Lewis (IL), Don Neal (NJ), Warachal Faison (NJ), and Steve Patrick (FL).
ESPER members (l-r): Felix Perez-Folch (MS), Ricky Johnson (NC), and Reflections editor Don Neal (NJ)
ESPER exhibit frame about Black Ohioans on stamps.
ESPER crew having fun at Max & Erma's Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Pictured (L-R) Howard Ingram (VA), Walter Faison (NC), John Parker (guest), Mark Thompson (TN), Rosina Major (NY), Lynda Thompson (TN), Betty Lewis (IL), Don Neal (NJ), Warachal Faison (NJ), and Steve Patrick (FL).
Photos from
Columbus APS Stamp Show
ESPER crew having fun at Max & Erma's Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Pictured (L-R) Howard Ingram (VA), Walter Faison (NC), John Parker (guest), Mark Thompson (TN), Rosina Major (NY), Lynda Thompson (TN), Betty Lewis (IL), Don Neal (NJ), Warachal Faison (NJ), and Steve Patrick (FL).
ESPER members (l-r): Felix Perez-Folch (MS), Ricky Johnson (NC), and Reflections editor Don Neal (NJ)
ESPER exhibit frame about Black Ohioans on stamps.
ESPER crew having fun at Max & Erma's Restaurant in Columbus, Ohio. Pictured (L-R) Howard Ingram (VA), Walter Faison (NC), John Parker (guest), Mark Thompson (TN), Rosina Major (NY), Lynda Thompson (TN), Betty Lewis (IL), Don Neal (NJ), Warachal Faison (NJ), and Steve Patrick (FL).
Visiting a Stamp show
Artist: Floyd Cooper, Issued: October 10, 2018. Location: Raleigh, NC
Issued: February 2018 Location: New York
Artist: Floyd Cooper, Issued: October 10, 2018. Location: Raleigh, NC
Don Neal, Editor of Reflections
and creator of
Six Degrees FDC'S
Radio interview by Lloyd de Vries,
Virtual Stamp Club
(Click on Don picture to hear interiew)
ESPER member article on front
cover of APS magazine
Pictures from
Southeastern Stamp Expo in Atlanta
ESPER member Mary Love
ESPER member Joan Williams
ESPER member Mary Love
Charline P. Blair, standing beside her award winning exhibit frame
Charlene exhibit was on Marian Anderson
Charline P. Blair, standing beside her award winning exhibit frame
A Tribute to Our Philatelic Leader
Mani Gilyard
SLAVERY DID NOT END IN 1865
Wath video called
"Slavery by Another Name"
Marian Anderson:
A Voice of a Lifetime
By Calvin Mitchell
Congrats Bernice Fields
from Minneapolis
This article appeared in Reflections, January 2018.
Ceremony was on April 2, 2019
Location: Los Angeles
Click on icon to see ceremony page.
Dr. Hayes tribute page coming soon
Personal stories of enslaved and free African Americans on both sides of the American Revolution. Exhibit at the American Revolution Museum in Yorktown, Va.
Canada's 2018 Black Heritage Stamps
Canada Black Heritage Series. Radio Host & Social Activist. Issued: Feb. 1, 2018
Canada Black Heritage Series. Politician and Civil Rights Leader. Issued: February 1, 2019
A 10 cents surcharge goes to support children charities. Issued September 24, 2018
Canada Black Heritage Series. Radio Host & Social Activist. Issued: Feb. 1, 2018
Lena Horne
Stamp Ceremony Page
Marvin Gaye - Motown Singer & Songwriter | Mini Bio | BIO
Congratulations, Don!
ESPER's Reflections newsletter editor, Don Neal, is becoming one of the newest members of the American Topical Association's Board of Directors.
Congratulations, Charlene
for your article being published!
Congratulations to Charlene Blair for having her article discussing the expansion of museum services published by the American Alliance of Museums.
Black
Music Month
Gregory Hines Ceremony
January 28, 2019
Ron Stroman
Retires as Deputy Postmaster General
Hispanic Heritage Stamp Book
by ESPER member Daniel T. Sanchez.
The museum has reopen to the public in a limited
Click for online reseervation only
Don Neal Presentation
At National Postal Museum in DC
(2018)
"The Stamp Professor"
Félix Luis Pérez-Folch, Jr.
uses stamp display in march against racial injustice.
2020 USPS Stamp Program
Hispanic Heritage Stamp Book
by ESPER member Daniel T. Sanchez.
Dr. Esper G. Hayes
1934-2019
(Click on Icon for press release)
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Exhibit
by Yvonne Singley
Yvonne in front of the main show case.
Yvonne in front of the main show case.
Springfield Main Library exhibit in Springfield, Ill
Sponsored by Springfield -Decatur Area Alumnae Chapter of
Delta Sigma Theta Sorority , Inc in February
Fit to be on a Stamp
Charles Chaisson, designed Yogi Berra stamp. Click on picture for bio by Don Neal
Yogi stamp ceremony on June 24 in Little Falls, New Jersey at Yogi Berra Museum. You must register for ceremony. Click on stamp to register.
Robert I. Fields
January 26, 1934 - June 10, 2021
Memorial Service will be held on Friday July 9, 2021 at 11 AM.
Facebook: www.facebook.com/mtolivebc
Church Website: www.mtolivebc.org
YouTube: www.youtube.com/MOBCArlington
By Larry Lester
Author, Co-Founder Negro League
Baseball Musium and ESPER
African-American stamps issued in 2020
Ceremony was on
January 30, 2020
Location: Washington, D.C.
Kwanzaa
October 13, 2020
Harlem Renaissance was
issued May 21, 2020.
Hip Hop was issued July 1, 2020.
Gwen Ifill First Day Ceremony
and other ceremonies and events
Black History Month
Amber Valley, Alberta and Willow Grove, New Brunswick
Issued January 22, 2021
Cancellation: Athabasca, AB and Saint John, NB
Designed By Lara Minja, Illustrator: Rick Jacobson
Robert I. Fields
Memorial Page
Edmonia Lewis
Unveiling in NY
February 9, 2022, 1:00pm at the Red Barn, 100 Town Park Road, East Greenbush, NY 12061 (inclement weather date of February 23rd)
Click on picture to open special
Black History Month Page.
Congrats to Peter Schwartz
and ESPER member Calvin Mitchell for winning the Large Gold award in 2021 CHICAGOPLEX Literature Exhibition
By Beatrice Cox
ESPER at 2021
Great American Stamp Show
Tony Thaxton, Jr. (left) accepting Dr. Esper G. Hayes' 2021 Rowland Hill Award from Charles O'Brien III, President of the Southeast Federation of Stamp Clubs. Photo by Ed Jackson.
Picture of Dr. Esper G. Hayes' 2021 Rowland Hill Award from the Southeast Stamp Federation
Tony Thaxton, Jr.; Jennifer Miller; Dawn Hamman; Félix Luis Pérez-Folch, Jr.; and Barbar Asher, our newest member
Tony Thaxton, Jr. (left) accepting Dr. Esper G. Hayes' 2021 Rowland Hill Award from Charles O'Brien III, President of the Southeast Federation of Stamp Clubs. Photo by Ed Jackson.
Photos from
Southeastern Stamp Expo 2022
Tony Thaxton, Jr. (left) accepting Dr. Esper G. Hayes' 2021 Rowland Hill Award from Charles O'Brien III, President of the Southeast Federation of Stamp Clubs. Photo by Ed Jackson.
Picture of Dr. Esper G. Hayes' 2021 Rowland Hill Award from the Southeast Stamp Federation
Tony Thaxton, Jr.; Jennifer Miller; Dawn Hamman; Félix Luis Pérez-Folch, Jr.; and Barbar Asher, our newest member
Tony Thaxton, Jr. (left) accepting Dr. Esper G. Hayes' 2021 Rowland Hill Award from Charles O'Brien III, President of the Southeast Federation of Stamp Clubs. Photo by Ed Jackson.
Photos from
Southeastern Stamp Expo 2022
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