National Museum of African Americans on Stamps
Keeper of the Past and Promise of our People
We are excited to have our Cover-to-Cover exhibit at the Main Street Community Center (MSCC) in Edwardsville, IL. This pop-up is being made possible by a grant from the Edwardsville Community Foundation. We will also do a presentation – Stamp Collecting for Fun or Fame – on February 22. You must register for this event through MSCC.
» Read moreThank you for visiting our page. Obviously you appreciate stamps and more specifically, African Americans on Stamps. After browsing our page please take the time to visit: ESPER – Ebony Society of Philatelic Events and Reflections African Americans in the Postal Service and Philately American Topical Association
» Read moreRead about Ida B. Wells and Ethel L. Payne https://postalmuseum.si.edu/exhibition/the-black-experience/prominent-journalists
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Like so many others we started off with online presentations to stay in touch with our philately phriends and expanded our reach to support other cultural organizations. February 22-23 – We participated as an advocate at the Museum Advocacy Days events and had the opportunity to join congressional members to voice our support for funding. February 23 – We gave
» Read moreVisit https://www.esperstamps.org/john-lewis for more information John Robert Lewis was known as the “conscience of the U.S. Congress.” John was the son of sharecroppers, born in Troy, Alabama, in 1940. As a young boy, he knew that he was going to get in “good trouble.” It was a large part of his character. He knew that he had to make a
» Read moreAugust Wilson – Click link for more info https://www.esperstamps.org/august-wilson-page The Forever stamp will be part of the USPS’s Black Heritage series, honoring people whose work contributed to arts and culture in the Black community. Wilson’s stamp will be the 44th in the series. The stamp will be dedicated on January 28, 2021, during a ceremony that will be streamed on Facebook and
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Mr. Severe accumulated a collection of over 50,000 first day covers. He has donated to several cultural organizations over the years. We are thankful for being selected for a gift. We donated uncancelled post cards and pencils to a group organizing a Black History Month event.
» Read moreIf you have a moment you can vote at aps.buzz/APSChattys The American Philatelic Society (APS – www.stamps.org ) nominated us for a Chatty Award to recognize our presentation on African Americans on Stamps on an APS Stamp Chat during 2020. #RecognitionAppreciated #RepresentationMatters #InternationallyKnown
» Read moreThis first day cover is one of 3 created by John Colasanti highlighting the new Kwanzaa stamp – Beautiful
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