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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. 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.
Almost 850 artists were commissioned to paint 1,371 murals, most of which were installed in post offices; [4] 162 of the artists were women and three were African American. [4] The Treasury Relief Art Project (1935–1938), which provided artistic decoration for existing Federal buildings, produced a smaller number of post office murals. [ 1 ]
William Butler Ogden (1944) Railroad tycoon, first Mayor of Chicago [ 84] James Edward Oglethorpe (1933) Georgia founder. Eugene O’Neill on a 1967 stamp. Georgia O'Keeffe (1996, 2013) Painter [ 34][ 37][ 44] Frederick Law Olmsted (1999) Landscape architect [ 3] Eugene O'Neill (1973) Playwright.
The National Philatelic Collection is a collection of nearly six million postage stamps, revenue stamps, and related items, owned by the United States Government and managed by the Smithsonian Institution. It is housed within the National Postal Museum and a portion of the collection is on display in the museum's National Stamp Salon.
Lester G. Brookman, The Nineteenth Century Postage Stamps of the United States (Lindquist, 1947). John N. Luff and Benno Loewy, The Postage Stamps of the United States (New York, Scott Stamp & Coin Co., 1902). AskPhil – Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms at the Wayback Machine (archived 2011-05-23)
Washington–Franklins. Wreath of Olive branches designs, issued 1908–1922. The Washington–Franklin Issues are a series of definitive U.S. Postage stamps depicting George Washington and Benjamin Franklin, issued by the U.S. Post Office between 1908 and 1922. The distinctive feature of this issue is that it employs only two engraved heads ...
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Charles Ransom Chickering (October 7, 1891 – April 29, 1970) was best known as the freelance artist who designed some 77 postage stamps for the U.S. Post Office while working at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington, DC. [2]