List of artworks on stamps of the United States

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This article lists people whose artwork has been featured on stamps of the United States. For this purpose "featured" is not limited to complete works but includes any identifiable representation of their works. Thus the "Geophysical Year" stamp of 1958 is considered to feature the work of Michelangelo because it shows two hands from his The Creation of Adam . The "issue year" refers to the year when that person's work listed appeared on a stamp of the United States. Many artists have had the same work appear on different U.S. postages stamps and many artists have had multiple works appear on U.S. postage stamps.

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The list does not include artists who were commissioned by the U.S. Post Office Department (or its successor, the United States Postal Service) to specifically create artwork for a postage stamp. Scenes from American history, famous Americans, and traditional Christmas images are postage stamp themes frequently employing original artwork.

The main references for the list are: National Postal Museum online database "Arago: Philately", [1] the Colnect Worldwide Stamp Catalog, [2] and the US Stamp Gallery. [3]

Scott Number Issue YearSeries/IssuesStampArtwork TitleArtistArtwork Location
6418611861 Issues Washington Pair22 1861 Issue-3c.jpg George Washington bust Jean-Antoine Houdon
6818611861 Issues George Washington2 1861 Issue-10c.jpg George Washington portrait Gilbert Stuart
6918611861 Issues George Washington 1861 Issue-12c.jpg George Washington portraitGilbert Stuart
1191869Pictorial Issues Columbus Landing 1869 Issue-15c.jpg The Landing of Columbus John Vanderlyn
1201869Pictorial Issues Declaration of Independence 24c 1869 issue.JPG The Declaration of Independence John Trumbull
1471870Large Bank Note Issues US stamp 1873 3c Washington c.jpg George Washington bustJean-Antoine Houdon
1481870Large Bank Note Issues Lincoln NBN 1870 Issue-6c.jpg Abraham Lincoln bust Thomas Dow Jones
1501870Large Bank Note Issues Thomas Jefferson 1870 Issue-10c.jpg Thomas Jefferson bust Hiram Powers
2301893 Columbian Exposition Issues [4] Columbian1c.jpg Columbus in Sight of Land William Henry Powell
2311893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian2c.jpg The Landing of ColumbusJohn Vanderlyn
2321893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian3c.jpg UnknownUnknowndestroyed in the Spanish Civil War
2331893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian4c.jpg The Ships of Columbus Gustav Adolf Closs
2341893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian5c.jpg Columbus at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella Václav Brožík
2351893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian6c.jpg Columbus door panel at the U.S. Capitol building Randolph Rogers U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States
2361893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian8c.jpg The Affectionate Reception of Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella Francisco Jover y Casanova Valladolid University, Valladolid, Spain
2371893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian10c.jpg Return of Columbus and Reception at Court Luigi Gregori University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States
2381893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian15c.jpg Unknown Ricardo Baloca y Cancico destroyed in the Spanish Civil War
2391893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian30c.jpg Columbus Before the Franciscans at La Rabida Felipe Maso de Falp
2401893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian50c.jpg The Recall of Columbus A. G. Heaton
2411893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian$1.jpg Isabella Pledging Her Jewels Antonio Muñoz Degrain
2421893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian$2.jpg Columbus in Chains Emmanuel Leutze Germantown, Philadelphia, United States
2431893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian$3.jpg Columbus Before the Catholic KingsFrancisco Jover y Casanova
2441893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian$4.jpg Isabella portrait Bartolomé Bermejo
2441893Columbian Exposition Issues Columbian$4.jpg Christopher Columbus portrait Lorenzo Lotto
2451893Columbian Exposition Issues 1892USstamp$5Columbus.jpg Christopher Columbus portrait Olin L. Warner
2891898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition Issue 8c Troops guarding wagon train 1898 U.S. stamp.tiff Troops Guarding Train Frederic Remington
2911898Trans-Mississippi Exposition Issue 50c Western mining prospector 1898 U.S. stamp.tiff The Gold BugFrederic Remington
2921898Trans-Mississippi Exposition Issue Stamp US 1898 1dollar Trans-Miss.jpg Western Cattle in Storm John MacWhirter
3021903Second Bureau IssuesAndrew Jackson portrait Thomas Sully National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
3061902Martha Washington portraitGilbert Stuart
3281907Jamestown Exposition Issue Founding of Jamestown stamp 1c 1907 issue.JPG John Smith portraitCrispijn van de Passe Van de Passe family
3301907Jamestown Exposition Issue Founding of Jamestown stamp 5c 1907 issue.JPG Pocahontas portraitSimon van de Passe Van de Passe family
3311908Third Bureau Issues Franklin One Cent22.jpg Benjamin Franklin bust Jacques Caffieri
3321908Third Bureau Issues George Washington 1908 Issue-Two-Cents.jpg George Washington bustJean-Antoine Houdon
3671909Lincoln Centenary of Birth Issue Abraham Lincoln3 1909 Issue-2c.jpg Abraham Lincoln statue Augustus Saint-Gaudens
5511925Nathan Hale statue Bela Pratt
5541923George Washington bust Clark Mills
5561925Martha Washington portrait Charles Francois Jalabert
5661922 Statue of Liberty Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
5671923Golden Gate William A. Coulter
5691923American Buffalo Charles R. Knight
6181925Battle of Lexington Henry Sandham
6191925 The Minute Man Daniel Chester French
6281926 John Ericsson Memorial James Earle Fraser
6291926Battle of White Plains Edmund Franklin Ward
6511929Capture of Fort Sackville Frederick Coffay Yohn
6801929Battle of Fallen Timbers Monument Bruce Saville
6881930George Washington statue Frank Vittor
6901931Casimir Pulaski portrait Henry Bryan Hall
7041932 Washington Bicentennial Issue George Washington portraitCharles Willson Peale
7051932Washington Bicentennial IssueGeorge Washington bustJean-Antoine Houdon
7061932Washington Bicentennial IssueGeorge Washington portraitCharles Willson Peale
7071932Washington Bicentennial IssueGeorge Washington portrait Gilbert Stuart
7081932Washington Bicentennial IssueGeorge Washington portraitCharles Willson Peale
7091932Washington Bicentennial IssueGeorge Washington portrait Charles Peale Polk
7101932Washington Bicentennial IssueGeorge Washington portraitCharles Willson Peale
7111932Washington Bicentennial IssueGeorge Washington portraitJohn Trumbull
7121932Washington Bicentennial IssueGeorge Washington portraitJohn Trumbull
7131932Washington Bicentennial IssueGeorge Washington portrait Charles Balthazar Julien Févret de Saint-Mémin
7141932Washington Bicentennial IssueGeorge Washington portrait William Joseph Williams
7151932Washington Bicentennial IssueGeorge Washington portraitGilbert Stuart
7191932Discobolus Myron
7201932George Washington portraitGilbert Stuart
7341933Tadeusz Kościuszko statue Antoni Popiel
7371934 Arrangement in Grey and Black: The Artist's Mother James Abbott McNeill Whistler
7981937Signing of the Constitution Junius Brutus Stearns
7991937 00Kamehameha.jpg Kamehameha statue Thomas Ridgeway Gould
8031938 Presidential Issue Benjamin Harrison bust Adolph Alexander Weinman
8081938Presidential IssueJames Madison bust Frederick William Sievers
8121938Presidential Issue Andrew Jackson 1938 Issue-7c.jpg Andrew Jackson statue Belle Kinney Scholz
8141938Presidential IssueWilliam Henry Harrison bust Chester Beach
8151938Presidential IssueJohn Tyler bust Charles Keck
8211938Presidential IssueAbraham Lincoln bust Sarah Fisher Clampitt Ames
8231938Presidential IssueUlysses S. Grant statue Franklin Simmons
8951940Pan American Union Issue Pan American Union 3c 1940 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Primavera Sandro Botticelli Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy
8981940400th Anniversary of the Coronado Expedition Issue Coronado Expedition 1940 U.S. stamp.1.jpg Coronado and His Captains Gerald R. Cassidy
8991940 National Defense Statue of Liberty 1c 1940 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Statue of LibertyFrédéric Auguste Bartholdi
9021940 Thirteenth Amendment 1940 U.S. stamp.1.jpg Emancipation Memorial Thomas Ball Lincoln Park, Washington, D.C., United States
9041942 Kentucky Statehood 1942 Issue-3c.jpg Daniel Boone mural Gilbert White
9491947Doctors Issue Doctors AMA Centennial 3c 1947 issue U.S. stamp.jpg The Doctor Luke Fildes Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
9731948 Rough Riders-3c.jpg Bucky O'Neill Monument Solon Borglum Courthouse Plaza, Prescott, Arizona, United States
9891950 3-cent Statue of Freedom 1950 U.S. stamp.tiff Statue of Freedom Thomas Crawford U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States
1001195175th Anniversary of Colorado Statehood Issue Colorado statehood 1951 U.S. stamp.tiff Bucking Bronco Alexander Phimister Proctor Denver, Colorado, United States
10111952 Mount Rushmore stamp 3c 1952 issue.JPG Mount Rushmore National Memorial Gutzon Borglum & Lincoln Borglum Black Hills, Keystone, South Dakota, United States
10201953 Louisiana Purchase 1953 Issue-3c.jpg Louisiana Purchase statue Karl Bitter
10351954 8cliberty.jpg Statue of LibertyFrédéric Auguste Bartholdi
10381954 James Monroe 1954 Issue-5c.jpg James Monroe portrait Rembrandt Peale James Monroe Law Office, Fredericksburg, Virginia, United States
10411954 Stamp US 1954 3c Liberty.jpg Statue of LibertyFrédéric Auguste Bartholdi
1044A1961 Statue of Liberty 11c.JPG Statue of LibertyFrédéric Auguste Bartholdi
10601954 Nebraska territory 1954 U.S. stamp.1.jpg The Sower Emmanuel Leutze Nebraska State Capitol, Lincoln, Nebraska, United States
10641955American Bicentennial Issue Pennacadstamp.jpg The Artist in His Museum Charles Willson Peale Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
10731956 Ben Franklin 250th 1956 issue-3c.jpg Benjamin Franklin Drawing Electricity from the Sky Benjamin West Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
10821956 Labor Day 3c 1956 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Labor is Life Lumen Martin Winter AFL–CIO Headquarters Building, Washington, D.C. United States
11051958 James Monroe 1958 Issue-3c.jpg James Monroe portraitGilbert Stuart
11071958Geophysical Year Issue Geophysical Year 3c 1958 issue U.S. stamp.jpg The Creation of Adam Michelangelo Buonarroti
11131959Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue Young Lincoln-1c.jpg Abraham Lincoln portrait George Peter Alexander Healy Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
11141959Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue Lincoln 1959 Issue-3c.jpg Abraham Lincoln bust Gutzon Borglum U.S. Capitol, Washington, D.C., United States
11161959Lincoln Sesquicentennial Issue Lincoln Memorial Issue 1959-4c.jpg Abraham Lincoln Daniel Chester French Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., United States
11761961Range Conservation Issue Range Conservation 4c 1961 issue U.S. stamp.jpg The Trail Boss Charles Marion Russell
11871961 Remington 1961 4c.JPG The Smoke SignalFrederic Remington Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas, United States
12071962Winslow Homer Issue 1207 - 1962 4c Winslow Homer.png Breezing Up (A Fair Wind) Winslow Homer
12411963 Audubon society BlueJays 5c 1963 issue.jpg Columbia Jays John James Audubon
12431964Charles M. Russell Issue Charles M. Russell 5c 1964 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Jerked DownCharles Marion Russell
12441964Unisphere Gilmore David Clarke
12591964Fine Arts Issue Fine Arts 5c 1964 issue U.S. stamp.jpg To the Fine Arts Stuart Davis
12731965 John Singleton Copley 5c 1965 issue U.S. stamp.jpg The Copley Family John Singleton Copley
13211966Christmas IssueMadonna and Child with Angels Hans Memling National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
13221966 United States postage stamp honoring Mary Cassatt (1966).jpg The Boating Party Mary Cassatt National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
13351967 Thomas Eakins commemorative stamp 5c 1967 issue.jpg The Biglin Brothers Racing Thomas Eakins National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
13361967Christmas Issue Estampilla de los Estados Unidos 1967 000.jpg Madonna and Child with AngelsHans MemlingNational Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
13631968Christmas Issue Christmas .jpg The Annunciation Jan van Eyck
13641968American Indian Issue ChiefJosephStamp.jpg Chief Joseph portrait Cyrenius Hall National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C., United States
13701969 GrandmaMosesStamp1969.jpg July Fourth Grandma Moses
13841969Christmas Issue Christmas 6c 1969 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Winter Sunday in Norway, MaineUnknown Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, New York, United States
13861969 William M Harnett stamp 10c 1969 issue.JPG Old Models William Harnett
13901970 Natural History Jurassic Period 6c 1970 issue U.S. stamp.jpg The Age of Reptiles Rudolph F. Zallinger Peabody Museum of Natural History, New Haven, Connecticut, United States
13911970 Maine statehood 1970 U.S. stamp.jpg The Lighthouse at Two Lights Edward Hopper
14141970Christmas Issue Christmas - Lotto Nativity 6c 1970 issue U.S. stamp.jpg The Nativity Lorenzo Lotto
14261971 Missouri statehood 1971 U.S. stamp.1.jpg Independence and the Opening of the West Thomas Hart Benton
14331971 United States postage stamp honoring John Sloan (1971).jpg The Wake of the Ferry John French Sloan
14441971Christmas Issue The Adoration of the Shepherds Giorgione National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
14701972American Folklore Issue Tom Sawyer 8c 1972 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Tom Sawyer Norman Rockwell
14711972Christmas Issue Christmas - Master of St. Lucy Legend 8c 1972 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Mary, Queen of Heaven Master of the Legend of Saint Lucy National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
14751973 Lovestamp.png Love Robert Indiana
15031973 L B Johnson 1973 Issue-8c.jpg Lyndon B. Johnson portrait Elizabeth Shoumatoff
15071973Christmas Issue Christmas - Raphael The Small Cowper Madonna 8c 1973 issue U.S. stamp.jpg The Small Cowper Madonna Raphael
15301974Universal Postal Union Issue Universal Postal Union Raphael 10c 1974 issue U.S. stamp.jpg School of Athens Raphael
15311974Universal Postal Union Issue Universal Postal Union Katsushika Hokusai 10c 1974 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Five Feminine Virtues Hokusai
15321974Universal Postal Union Issue Universal Postal Union John Peto 10c 1974 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Old Scraps John F. Peto
15331974Universal Postal Union Issue Universal Postal Union Jean-Etienne Liotard 10c 1974 issue U.S. stamp.jpg The Lovely Reader Jean-Étienne Liotard
15341974Universal Postal Union Issue Universal Postal Union Gerard Terborch 10c 1974 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Lady Writing Letter Gerard ter Borch
15351974Universal Postal Union Issue Universal Postal Union Jean-Baptiste Chardin 10c 1974 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Inkwell & Quill Jean-Baptiste-Siméon Chardin
15361974Universal Postal Union Issue Universal Postal Union Thomas Gainsborough 10c 1974 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Mrs. John Douglas Thomas Gainsborough
15371974Universal Postal Union Issue Universal Postal Union stamp 10c 1974 issue.jpg Don Antonio Noriega Francisco Goya
15501974 Christmas - Currier and Ives 10c 1974 issue U.S. stamp.jpg The Road, Winter Currier and Ives
15791975 Stamp USA Christmas Madonna and Child 1975 Scott 1579.jpg Madonna and Child Domenico Ghirlandaio
1629-16311976 American Bicentennial Issue Spirit76-US-PostageStamp.jpg The Spirit of '76 Archibald Willard
16861976American Bicentennial IssuesSurrender of Cornwallis at YorktownJohn Trumbull
16871976American Bicentennial IssuesDeclaration of IndependenceJohn Trumbull
16881976American Bicentennial IssuesWashington Crossing the Delaware Eastman Johnson
16891976American Bicentennial IssuesWashington Reviewing His Army at Valley Forge William B. T. Trego
1691-16941976American Bicentennial Issue 13-cent Declaration strip of four 1976 U.S. stamp.1.jpg Declaration of IndependenceJohn Trumbull
17011976Christmas Issue Christmas - Copley Nativity 13c 1976 issue U.S. stamp.jpg The NativityJohn Singleton Copley
17041977American Bicentennial Issue American Bicentennial Washington at Princeton 13c 1977 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Washington at Princeton Charles Willson Peale
17221977American Bicentennial Issue American Bicentennial - Battle of Oriskany - 13c 1977 issue U.S. stamp.jpg Herkimer at OriskanyFrederick Coffay Yohn
17281977American Bicentennial Issue Stamp US 1977 13c Saratoga.jpg Surrender of General Burgoyne John Trumbull
17291977Christmas Issue Washington Valley Forge2 1977-13c.jpg George Washington at Valley Forge J. C. Leyendecker
17321978James Cook portrait Nathaniel Dance-Holland
17681978Madonna and Child with Cherubim Andrea della Robbia
17991979Christmas IssueThe Rest on the Flight into Egypt Gerard David
18331980Education IssueHomage to the Square: Glow Josef Albers
20261982 United States Christmas stamp 1982 Madonna of the Goldfinch, Giovanni Battista Tiepolo c. 1760.jpg Madonna of the Goldfinch Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
21071984Christmas IssueMadonna and Child Filippo Lippi
21651985Christmas IssueMadonna and Child Luca della Robbia
22441986Christmas IssueMadonna and Child Pietro Perugino
23671987Christmas IssueA Gentleman in Adoration before the Madonna Giovanni Battista Moroni
24271989Christmas IssueThe Dream of St. Catherine of Alexandria Ludovico Carracci National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
25131990Dwight D. Eisenhower portrait James Anthony Wills
25141990Christmas IssueMadonna and Child Antonello da Messina
25781991Christmas IssueVirgin and Child with Donor Antoniazzo Romano
26251992The Landing of ColumbusJohn Vanderlyn
27101992Christmas IssueMadonna and Child With Saints Giovanni Bellini
27891993Christmas IssueMadonna and Child in a Landscape Cima da Conegliano
28711994Christmas IssueVirgin and Child Elisabetta Sirani
30031995Christmas IssueMadonna and Child Giotto di Bondone
30691996 Red Poppy Georgia O'Keeffe Private Collection [5]
30881996Young Corn Grant Wood
31071996Christmas IssueMadonna and Child from Adoration of the Shepherds Paolo de Matteis
31761997Christmas IssueMadonna and Child with Saint Jerome Sano di Pietro National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
3182h1998Celebrate the Century Issue Stag at Sharkey's George Bellows
3182m1998Celebrate the Century IssueGibson Girl Charles Dana Gibson
3183d1998Celebrate the Century Issue Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 Marcel Duchamp
3183i1998Celebrate the Century IssueI Want You James Montgomery Flagg
3184c1998Celebrate the Century IssueProhibition Enforced [6] Ben Shahn Museum of the City of New York, New York, United States
3184h1998Celebrate the Century IssueThe Blues John Held, Jr.
3184n1998Celebrate the Century Issue Automat Edward Hopper
31981998Alexander Calder IssueBlack Cascade, 13 Verticals Alexander Calder
31991998Alexander Calder IssueUntitledAlexander Calder
32001998Alexander Calder IssueRearing StallionAlexander Calder
32011998Alexander Calder IssuePortrait of a Young ManAlexander Calder
32021998Alexander Calder IssueUn effet du japonaisAlexander Calder
3236a1998American Art IssuePortrait of Richard Mather John Foster
3236b1998American Art IssueMrs. Elizabeth Freake and Baby Mary Freake Limner
3236c1998American Art IssueGirl in Red Dress with Cat and Dog Ammi Phillips
3236d1998American Art IssueRubens Peale with a Geranium Rembrandt Peale
3236e1998American Art IssueLong-billed Curlew, Numenis LongrostrisJohn James Audubon
3236f1998American Art IssueBoatmen on the Missouri George Caleb Bingham
3236g1998American Art IssueKindred Spirits Asher Brown Durand
3236h1998American Art IssueThe Westwood Children Joshua Johnson
3236i1998American Art IssueMusic and Literature William Harnett
3236j1998American Art IssueThe Fog WarningWinslow Homer
3236k1998American Art IssueWhite Cloud, Head Chief of the Iowas George Catlin
3236l1998American Art IssueCliffs of Green River Thomas Moran
3236m1998American Art IssueThe Last of the Buffalo Albert Bierstadt
3236n1998American Art IssueNiagara Frederic Edwin Church
3236o1998American Art IssueBreakfast in BedMary Cassatt The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, United States
3236p1998American Art Issue Nighthawks Edward Hopper Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
3236q1998American Art Issue American Gothic Grant Wood
3236r1998American Art IssueTwo Against the White Charles Sheeler
3236s1998American Art IssueMahoning Franz Kline
3236t1998American Art IssueNo. 12 Mark Rothko
3187h1999Celebrate the Century Issue The Cat in the Hat Dr. Seuss
33381999Frederick Olmsted IssueFrederick Law Olmsted John Singer Sargent Biltmore Estate, Asheville, North Carolina, United States
33551999Christmas IssueMadonna and Child Bartolomeo Vivarini
36622002Andy Warhol IssueSelf-Portrait 1964 Andy Warhol
36752002Christmas IssueMadonna and Child Jan Gossaert Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States
38042003American Treasures SeriesYoung MotherMary Cassatt
38052003American Treasures SeriesChildren Playing on the BeachMary Cassatt
38062003American Treasures SeriesOn a BalconyMary Cassatt
38072003American Treasures SeriesChild in a Straw HatMary Cassatt
3937a2005To Form a More Perfect Union
1948 Executive Order 9981 37c USA stamp.gif
Training for War William H. Johnson
3937d2005To Form a More Perfect Union
1957 Little Rock Nine 37c USA stamp.gif
America Cares/Little Rock Nine George Hunt Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site visitor center, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States
3937e2005To Form a More Perfect Union
1955 Montgomery Bus Boycott 37c USA stamp.gif
Walking Charles Alston
3937f2005To Form a More Perfect Union
1961 Freedom Riders 37c USA stamp.gif
Freedom Riders May Stevens
3937g2005To Form a More Perfect Union
1964 Civil Rights Act 37c USA stamp.gif
Dixie Café Jacob Lawrence
3937h2005To Form a More Perfect Union
1963 March on Washington 37c USA stamp.gif
March on Washington Alma Thomas National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., United States
3937i2005To Form a More Perfect Union
1965 Selma March 37c USA stamp.gif
The Crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma Bernice Sims
3937j2005To Form a More Perfect Union
1954 Brown v. Board of Education 37c USA stamp.gif
The Lamp Romare Bearden
40212006Benjamin Franklin IssueThe Declaration of IndependenceJohn Trumbull
40212006Benjamin Franklin IssueBenjamin Franklin portrait Joseph-Siffred Duplessis
40222006Benjamin Franklin IssueBenjamin Franklin portrait Charles Elliott Mills Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
40232006Benjamin Franklin IssueBenjamin Franklin portrait Michael Dooling
40242006Benjamin Franklin IssueBenjamin Franklin portraitCharles Willson Peale
40242006Benjamin Franklin IssueBenjamin Franklin portrait David Martin The White House Historical Association, Washington, D.C., United States
43462008American Treasures SeriesValley of the YosemiteAlbert Bierstadt Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts, United States
4444a2010American ExpressionistsThe Golden Wall Hans Hofmann
4444b2010American ExpressionistsAsheville Willem de Kooning
4444c2010American ExpressionistsOrange and YellowMark Rothko
4444d2010American ExpressionistsConvergence Jackson Pollock
4444e2010American ExpressionistsThe Liver is the Cock’s Comb Arshile Gorky
4444f2010American Expressionists1948-C Clyfford Still
4444g2010American ExpressionistsElegy to the Spanish Republic No. 34 Robert Motherwell
4444h2010American ExpressionistsLa Grande Vallée Joan Mitchell
4444i2010American ExpressionistsRomanesque Façade Adolph Gottlieb
4444j2010American ExpressionistsAchilles Barnett Newman
45582011American Treasures SeriesThe Long LegEdward HopperThe Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, United States
4748a2013Modern Art in America I Saw the Figure 5 in Gold Charles Demuth
4748b2013Modern Art in AmericaSunset, Maine Coast John Marin
4748c2013Modern Art in AmericaHouse and StreetStuart Davis
4748d2013Modern Art in AmericaPainting Number 5 Marsden Hartley
4748e2013Modern Art in America Black Mesa Landscape, New Mexico/Out Back of Marie’s II Georgia O'Keeffe Georgia O'Keeffe Museum, Santa Fe, New Mexico
4748f2013Modern Art in AmericaNoire et Blanche Man Ray
4748g2013Modern Art in AmericaThe Prodigal Son Aaron Douglas
4748h2013Modern Art in AmericaAmerican LandscapeCharles Sheeler
4748i2013Modern Art in AmericaBrooklyn Bridge Joseph Stella
4748j2013Modern Art in AmericaRazor Gerald Murphy
4748k2013Modern Art in America Nude Descending a Staircase, No. 2 Marcel Duchamp
4748l2013Modern Art in AmericaFog Horns Arthur Dove

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Presidents of the United States have frequently appeared on U.S. postage stamps since the mid-19th century. The United States Post Office Department released its first two postage stamps in 1847, featuring George Washington on one, and Benjamin Franklin on the other. The advent of presidents on postage stamps has been definitive to U.S. postage stamp design since the first issues were released and set the precedent that U.S. stamp designs would follow for many generations.

Puerto Rico topics have been featured on the stamps of Spain and of the United States. Spanish stamps are found at Postage stamps and postal history of Puerto Rico.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">History of Virginia on stamps</span>

The history of Virginia through the colonial period on into contemporary times has been depicted and commemorated on postage stamps accounting for many important personalities, places and events involving the nation's history. Themes are particularly rich in early American and new nation history, historical landmarks, and Virginia-born presidents.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Antarctic Treaty issue</span> Postage stamp

The Antarctic Treaty issue is a postage stamp that was issued by the United States Post Office Department on June 23, 1971. Designed by Howard Koslow, it commemorates the ten-year anniversary of the Antarctic Treaty, and is notable as Koslow's first postage stamp design.

References

  1. Arago: Philately
  2. Colnect Worldwide Stamp Catalog
  3. US Stamp Gallery - Category: Art
  4. USPCS: The Columbian Issues
  5. "Georgia O'Keeffe's "Red Poppy" adorns stamp". South Coast Today. May 19, 1996. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. Lithuanian Jews on Postage Stamps: Ben Shahn 1898-1969