Founded 1988
" An International Stamp Society"
Our 36th Year
First Day of Issue Ceremony in New York
ESPER Presents
Honoring African Americans personalities, events and related subjects
(Purchase in ESPER store)
APS Reflecting with ESPER Video
Interview wit Howard Ingram, Walter Faison, Charlene Blair and Clarence McKnight
Our founder Dr. Esper G. Hayes
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Welcome to ESPER Video
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This is Dr. Hayes' last known interview. It was at our
30th anniversary in 2018.
Special 35th Anniversary Reflections
(Click to see in Members Only section)
ESPER member Lloyd de Vries
wins APS Luff Award.
ESPER members Oneal and Cassandra Tyler
awarded the Nicolas G. Carter Volunteer Recognition Award
The APS Great American Stamp Show
When: August 15-18, 2024
Location: Hartford, CT
ATA One Page Exhibit for 2024 opens starting December 15, 2023
(Click Icon for details)
ESPER is featured in APS video file: The Philatelic Files Episode 4 ESPER. Rosina Major and Don Neal star in the video, and Betty Lewis has a cameo appearance.
Click on embedded websites for more information (page 39).
ESPER members in video plus
Special Josephine Baker presented at GASS
by ESPER and ATA
My One -Page Exhibit 2023
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2021, 2022, and 2023
"The Lion of Anacostia"
Exhibit by Don Neal
By National Postal Museum and the Smithsonian American Art Museum
2024 USPS STAMP PROGRAM
Stamps Being Issued
April 2024
Will be issued on April 5 in Rancho Mirage, California
Will be issued on April 26 in Burlingame, California
Will be issued on April 5 in Rancho Mirage, California
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U.S. Postal Service and We Are Teachers are proud to announce The USPS Pen Pal Project, a new, free educational program for grade 3-5 students.
2024
African-American stamps being issued in 2024
The Underground Railroad Issued
March 9, 2024
Church Creek, MD
Hank Aaron
Date of Issue
TBD
Constance Baker Motley
Will be issued
January 31, 2024
New York, New York
Stamp Ceremonies Pages for 2023
African-American stamps issued in 2023
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.
Canadian Hockey Player Willie O'Ree 2023
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Willie O'Ree
Issued October 30, 2023
Cancellation: Fredericton, New Brunswick
From Photo : Philip Cheung
Willie O'Ree Booklet
Willie O'Ree First Day Cover
Black History Month Stamp Honours Mary Ann Shadd
Black History Month
Honour Mary Ann Shadd
Issued January 23, 2024
Cancellation: Chatham, Ontario
Illustrator: Natasha Cunningham
Mary Ann Shadd Booklet
Mary Ann Shadd Booklet Cover and Back
Mary Ann Shadd First Day Cover
Back of First Day Cover
Order your free quarterly
Our Jan. 2024, 1st Quarter
issue is ready for viewing in the
Members Only Section.
Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections
The Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections (ESPER) is an international stamp society dedicated to promoting the collecting of stamps and philatelic material depicting people and events related to the African diaspora and to encouraging and supporting the interest and participation of Black people in all aspects of philately. It is ESPER's sincere hope that visiting our website not only will enhance your knowledge of stamp collecting and Black heritage, but also will create a desire to start or revive your own collection of stamps or other philatelic material.
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