About This Stamp
With the issuance of the Mentoring a Child stamp pane in 2002, the U.S. Postal Service continues its tradition of raising public awareness of social issues.
Lance Hidy’s design conveys the benefits of mentoring: his computer-generated artwork depicts an adult offering guidance to a child; the type on each stamp reads "Mentoring A Child" at the top and "Values * Goals * Skills" at the bottom. The type arranged clockwise around the borders of the stamp pane reads “Mentoring A Child”; “Teaching Skills”; “Teaching Values”; and “Setting Goals.”
This is Mr. Hidy’s first project for the Postal Service.
Stamp Art Director
Derry Noyes
For more than 40 years Derry Noyes has designed and provided art direction for close to 800 United States postage stamps and stamp products. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Hampshire College and a master of fine arts degree from Yale University.
Noyes worked as a graphics designer at Beveridge and Associates, a Washington, D.C., firm, until 1979 when she established her own design firm, Derry Noyes Graphics. Her clients have included museums, corporations, foundations, and architectural and educational institutions. Her work has been honored by American Illustration, the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington, Communication Arts, Critique magazine, Graphis, Creativity International, and the Society of Illustrators.
Before becoming an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, she served as a member of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee from 1981 to 1983.
Noyes is a resident of Washington, D.C.