In 1940, the U. S. Post Office issued a series of five stamps honoring American composers. They included Stephen Foster, John Philip Sousa, Edward MacDowell, Victor Herbert, and Ethelbert Nevin. Overlooked, were African-American composers such as Scott Jopin.
This article features the 2007 Irish National Anthem centennial stamp. Stamps are political documents. As such, they often feature nationalistic and patriotic figures and symbols. A common type of musical…
It is time to celebrate February musicians birthdays with stamps. A lot of musicians and composers appear on stamps. You can read about many of them on this blog, from…
***This blog was originally published on November 20, 2020. This post features the Duke Ellington stamp from the United States in 1986. It was the first US stamp featuring a…
This article is about the topic of jazz stamps, or more specifically, the depiction of jazz musicians on postage stamps. Famous musicians are now popular subjects on stamps from countries…
This post is a checklist list of musicians on U.S. stamps. It is an unusual post for me, but it is a list I made for myself for my own…
