Stories

• Ansel Adams

  

  Ansel Adams

  Go behind the scenes of the design and the art direction of the 2024 Ansel Adams Forever® stamps.

• Collaboration That Leads to Freedom

  

  Collaboration That Leads to Freedom

  The Underground Railroad stamp issuance and custom product celebrate the courage of the men and women who resisted slavery.

• Equine Portraits

  

  Equine Portraits

  Stamp art director Derry Noyes sought to capture the depth of our personal relationships with horses in these 2024 Forever® stamps.

• Functional Elegance

  

  Functional Elegance

  To capture the beauty of Shaker design, stamp art director Derry Noyes and her colleagues had to recall an important truth: Shaker art was made to be used.

• Underwater, Up Close, and Personal

  

  Underwater, Up Close, and Personal

  How underwater photographers and a stamp art director joined forces to encourage the conservation of sea turtles in these 2024 Forever® stamps.

• Landing a mission-worthy design

  

  Landing a mission-worthy design

  The OSIRIS-REx issuance communicates a space-sized mission in postage stamp proportions.

• Thinking of You

  

  Thinking of You

  Bringing together a bevy of bright, whimsical icons to capture the delight of receiving mail meant just for you.

• Art on the Move

  

  Art on the Move

  Four artists’ designs capture skateboarding’s excitement while reflecting the diversity and influences of the creators themselves.

• Celebrating Love in All its Forms

  

  Celebrating Love in All its Forms

  The 2023 designs for the popular Love series spotlighted a different answer to the question of what people love: pets.

• Hidden Figures

  

  Hidden Figures

  Inside the world of cryptology, with a stamp commemorating the female laborers who deciphered military messages during World War II.

• A Celebration of Life

  

  A Celebration of Life

  Injecting the energy of mariachi music into five vibrant stamp designs.

• Kindred Spirits

  

  Kindred Spirits

  Illustrator Alex Bostic shares his experience honoring African American and Native American sculptor Edmonia Lewis.

• Monstrous Fun

  

  Monstrous Fun

  Illustrator Elise Gravel hopes her designs show that "we're all weird in our own way, but we all deserve love."

• Heritage Breeds

  

  Heritage Breeds

  A powerful tribute to the creatures helping many Americans reconnect with our pre-industrial roots.

• August Wilson

  

  August Wilson

  Capturing the authenticity of the trailblazing playwright for the Black Heritage® series stamp.