History 42

Honor the musician who helped shape the rhythm and blues of New Orleans with the Allen Toussaint stamp, the 2025 issuance in the Black Heritage series.A pianist, singer, songwriter, composer, arran...

This stamp features a striking black-and-white portrait of Buckley created by artist Dale Stephanos. Using graphite and charcoal on hot-press watercolor paper, Stephanos created the artwork by hand...

The portrait is part of the White House Collection and appears courtesy of the White House Historical Association. The oil-on-canvas portrait shows Mrs. Bush wearing a purple top, black jacket and ...

This stamp issuance honored John Wooden (1910–2010), the legendary coach who led the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Bruins to a record-setting 10 Division I men’s basketball national ...

The grid of identical stamps resembles the array of video monitors that form the Jeopardy! playing board. In the style of the game — a provided answer prompts contestants to respond with the corres...

The 34th stamp in the Literary Arts series honors novelist Saul Bellow (1915–2005). Winner of three National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Nobel Prize, Bellow is widely regarded as one of ...

Honor a civil rights pioneer and the first African American woman known to have argued a case before the United States Supreme Court with the new Constance Baker Motley stamp. The 47th stamp in the...

Made up of delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies, the First Continental Congress convened in 1774 to decide how the Colonies should respond to increasing threats to their freedom. In addition to den...

Celebrate courage and freedom with the Underground Railroad Forever Stamps, honoring ten brave men and women who escaped slavery—or helped others find their way to freedom. Each stamp showcases a p...

Honor a distinguished First Lady by adding the Betty Ford commemorative stamp to your collection. Each pane features four (4) Betty Ford Forever Stamps, printed with intaglio-style engraving for a ...

A key figure in some of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement, John Lewis was the face of the Nashville Student Movement, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, ...

Eager to write the sort of novels she had always wanted to find on bookshelves, Toni Morrison (1931-2019) explored the diverse voices and multifaceted experiences of African Americans. Morrison pub...