Soulful Delivery: Blacks On U.S. Postage Stamps

By Museum Of UnCut Funk

The exhibition celebrates the Black history icons who have been commemorated on United States Postage Stamps. This exhibition features a sampling of original USPS Postage Stamps from the Museum Of UnCut Funk Collection, which consists of over 175 Stamp Sheets.

Booker T. Washington Stamp Sheet (1940/1940) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Booker T. Washington House Stamp Sheet (1956/1956) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Frederick Douglass Stamp Sheet (1967/1967) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Henry O Tanner Stamp Sheet (1973/1973) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Paul Lawrence Dunbar Stamp Sheet (1975/1975) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Harriet Tubman Stamp Sheet (1978/1978) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Whitney Young Stamp Sheet (1981/1981) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

A Phillip Randolph Stamp Sheet (1989/1989) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Legends Of The West Stamp Sheet - Bill Pickett (1994/1994) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Legends Of The West Stamp Sheet - Jim Beckwourth (1994/1994) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Folk Heroes Stamp Sheet - John Henry (1996/1996) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Langston Hughes Stamp Sheet (2002/2002) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Zora Neale Hurston Stamp Sheet (2003/2003) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

James Baldwin Stamp Sheet (2004/2004) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Paul Robeson Stamp Sheet (2004/2004) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Hattie McDonald Stamp Sheet (2006/2006) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Black Cinema Stamp Sheet (2008/2008) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Anna Julia Cooper Stamp Sheet (2008/2008) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Charles Chestnutt Stamp Sheet (2008/2008) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Oscar Micheaux Stamp Sheet (2010/2010) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Romare Bearden Stamp Sheet (2011/2011) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

William H. Johnson Stamp Sheet (2012/2012) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Rosa Parks Stamp Sheet (2013/2013) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Celebrity Chefs Stamp Sheet (2014/2014) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

Maya Angelou Stamp Sheet (2015/2015) by United States Postal ServiceMuseum Of UnCut Funk

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Sista ToFunky - Curator
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Museum Of UnCut Funk Black Stamp Collection

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