Commemorative
115 entries
Mauritius Blue Penny
Among the rarest and most valuable stamps in the world. Only 500 were printed, with 12 known survivo...
Mauritius Red Penny
The one penny companion to the Mauritius Blue. Same Post Office error. Only 27 known survivors. The ...
Canadian Bluenose
A 50 cent stamp featuring the schooner Bluenose, a legendary Canadian fishing and racing vessel. The...
Canadian Seaway Invert
A famous Canadian error stamp commemorating the opening of the St. Lawrence Seaway. Featured the Sea...
Australian First Issue
A stamp design competition held in 1911 attracted over 1,000 entries for the first Australian Common...
US Columbian Issue
The first commemorative stamps of the United States, marking the 400th anniversary of Columbus voyag...
US Trans-Mississippi
A set of 9 commemorative stamps marking the 1898 Trans-Mississippi Exposition in Omaha. Featured sce...
US Pan-American
A set of 6 stamps for the 1901 Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo. Featured modern transportation in...
US Overrun Countries
A series of 13 stamps honoring countries occupied by Nazi Germany. Each featured the flag of the occ...
US Love Series
The Love stamp series began in 1973 with an 8 cent stamp featuring the letters LOVE by Robert Indian...
US Black Heritage Series
A series honoring African Americans and their contributions to American history. Began in 1978 with ...
US Legends of Hollywood
A series honoring Hollywood legends including Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Cary Grant, and Humphrey B...
US Lunar New Year
A series of 12 stamps featuring the animals of the Chinese zodiac. Issued annually from 1992 to 2004...
US Statehood Series
A series of 50 stamps honoring each US state. Issued in the order states joined the union. Each stam...
US Civil War
A set of 20 stamps commemorating the Civil War, featuring portraits of 16 notable figures from both ...
US Celebrate the Century
A massive series of 150 stamps celebrating the 20th century decade by decade. 15 stamps were issued ...
German Berlin Wall
Stamps issued by East and West Germany reflecting the division of the country. East German stamps ce...
Japanese Cherry Blossom
Japanese stamps frequently feature cherry blossoms, the national flower. The first cherry blossom de...
Japanese Prefecture Series
A series of stamps featuring the 47 prefectures of Japan. Each prefecture received two designs showc...
Soviet Space Stamps
The Soviet Union produced over 2,000 space themed stamps from 1957 to 1991. The first commemorated S...
Soviet Lenin Stamps
Stamps featuring Vladimir Lenin appeared immediately after his death in 1924. Over 500 Lenin stamps ...
Chinese Golden Monkey
A stamp featuring a Red Faced Monkey, part of the Chinese zodiac series. Designed by Huang Yongyu. O...
Chinese Year of the Pig
Part of the Chinese zodiac stamp series. The Year of the Pig stamp featured a charming piglet design...
US Harding Memorial
A 2 cent stamp honoring President Warren G. Harding who died in office in 1923. The stamp was rushed...
US National Parks
A set of 10 stamps featuring National Parks including Yosemite, Yellowstone, Grand Canyon, and Acadi...
US Famous Americans
A series of 35 stamps honoring famous Americans in five categories: authors, poets, educators, scien...
US Overrun Countries Detail
See Overrun Countries entry. President Franklin D. Roosevelt personally designed the border featurin...
US Elvis Presley
A 29 cent stamp honoring Elvis Presley. The public voted on two designs: young Elvis and older Elvis...
US Bugs Bunny
A 32 cent stamp featuring Bugs Bunny, the first cartoon character on a US stamp. The stamp was enorm...
US Lunar Landing
A 10 cent airmail stamp commemorating the Apollo 11 moon landing. Featured an astronaut stepping ont...
US World War II
A sheet of 50 stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of World War II. Each stamp featured a key e...
US Legends of the West
A sheet of 20 stamps featuring legends of the American West including Buffalo Bill, Annie Oakley, Wy...
US Art of the American West
A sheet of 20 stamps featuring paintings of the American West from the Buffalo Bill Historical Cente...
US Cloudscapes
A sheet of 15 stamps featuring photographs of different cloud formations. Each stamp was labeled wit...
US Greetings
The Greetings series featured stamps designed for use on greeting cards and special occasion mail. I...
US Comic Strip Classics
A sheet of 20 stamps honoring classic American comic strips including Little Nemo, Krazy Kat, Blondi...
US DC Comics
A sheet of 20 stamps featuring DC Comics superheroes including Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, and t...
US Marvel Comics
A sheet of 20 stamps featuring Marvel Comics superheroes including Spider-Man, the Hulk, Captain Ame...
US Star Wars
A sheet of 15 stamps featuring characters from the Star Wars saga. The public voted online for their...
US Harry Potter
A sheet of 20 stamps featuring characters and scenes from the Harry Potter films. The stamps were co...
US Wilt Chamberlain
A stamp honoring basketball legend Wilt Chamberlain. The stamp featured two designs representing Cha...
US Bruce Lee
A stamp honoring martial arts legend Bruce Lee. The stamp featured a portrait of Lee in a classic ma...
UK Coronation 1953
A stamp commemorating the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Featured photographs by Dorothy Wilding....
UK Christmas Stamps
Britain issues Christmas stamps annually since 1966. The first Christmas stamps featured the Madonna...
UK Comet Stamp
A stamp commemorating the passing of Halleys Comet in 1986. Part of a set of astronomy themed stamps...
UK Shakespeare Series
A set of stamps commemorating the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare birth. Featured portraits...
UK Concorde
A stamp commemorating the inauguration of Concorde supersonic passenger service. Featured the distin...
UK Doctor Who
A set of 11 stamps commemorating the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. Each stamp featured one of the ...
UK Beatles
A set of 6 stamps featuring iconic Beatles album covers including Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, and Revol...
UK Harry Potter
A set of 15 stamps featuring characters and scenes from the Harry Potter films. Issued to mark the 2...
UK Game of Thrones
A set of 10 stamps featuring characters from Game of Thrones, the HBO series filmed primarily in Nor...
Australia Stamp Week
Australia issued its first commemorative stamps for the opening of Parliament House in Canberra in 1...
Australian Koala
A stamp featuring the koala, one of the most iconic Australian animals. The koala appeared on numero...
Canada Diamond Jubilee
A set of stamps commemorating the 60th anniversary of Canadian Confederation. Featured scenes from C...
Canada Royal Visit
Stamps commemorating the 1939 royal visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth to Canada. The first...
Canada Centennial
A major stamp program for the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation in 1967. Featured a wide r...
India Gandhi Stamps
The first commemorative stamps of independent India, honoring Mahatma Gandhi. Issued on August 15, 1...
India Five Year Plans
Stamps commemorating Indian economic development through Five Year Plans. Featured dams, steel plant...
Poland Copernicus
A stamp honoring astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus on the 480th anniversary of his birth. Copernicus wa...
Poland Solidarity
A stamp honoring the Solidarity trade union movement. The stamp was prepared but never officially is...
Czech Art Series
Czechoslovakia was renowned for its artistic stamp designs. The Art Series featured paintings by Cze...
Russian Romanov Dynasty
A set of 17 stamps commemorating the 300th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty. Featured portraits of...
Monaco Grace Kelly
Stamps featuring Princess Grace Kelly, the American actress who married Prince Rainier III of Monaco...
Israel Independence Stamp
A stamp commemorating Israeli independence, issued in 1948 alongside the Doar Ivri definitives. Feat...
Israel Holocaust Memorial
A stamp commemorating the victims of the Holocaust, featuring the Yad Vashem memorial. Israel has is...
US Purple Heart
A stamp honoring the Purple Heart medal, awarded to members of the US military wounded or killed in ...
US Gone with the Wind
A stamp commemorating the 70th anniversary of Gone with the Wind, the 1939 film. The stamp sheet fea...
US Jazz Musicians
A set of stamps honoring jazz musicians including Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday, Charlie Parker, a...
US Broadway Musicals
A sheet of stamps honoring classic Broadway musicals including My Fair Lady, Oklahoma, Porgy and Bes...
US Classic Movies
A series of stamps honoring classic American films including The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, B...
US Rock and Roll
Stamps honoring rock and roll pioneers including Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens, and Bil...
US Country Music
Stamps honoring country music legends including Hank Williams, Patsy Cline, and the Carter Family. P...
US Latino Arts
A sheet of stamps honoring Latino art and culture. Featured artists including Frida Kahlo, Diego Riv...
US Postal Quilt
A stamp featuring an American quilt design. Part of the American Design series that featured decorat...
US Winter Sports
A set of stamps honoring winter sports for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. Featured ice ...
US Cesar Chavez
A stamp honoring Cesar Chavez, the civil rights and labor leader who co-founded the United Farm Work...
US Kennedy Half Dollar Stamp
A stamp honoring President John F. Kennedy issued after his assassination in November 1963. The 5 ce...
US Pearl Harbor
A stamp commemorating the 50th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor. Featured the USS Arizona M...
US Vietnam Veterans Memorial
A stamp featuring the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington DC. Designed by Maya Lin, the wal...
US Space Shuttle
A stamp featuring the Space Shuttle, honoring NASA reusable spacecraft program. The Space Shuttle op...
US Ingrid B. Lacy
A stamp designed by a student as part of a design competition. The US Mint and Postal Service have o...
US Thanksgiving
A stamp commemorating Thanksgiving, featuring a traditional harvest scene. Thanksgiving stamps are i...
US Kwanzaa
A stamp honoring Kwanzaa, the African American cultural holiday celebrated from December 26 to Janua...
US Eid Stamp
A stamp honoring Eid, the Islamic holiday marking the end of Ramadan. The stamp features Arabic call...
US Diwali
A stamp honoring Diwali, the Hindu festival of lights. The stamp features a traditional diya, an oil...
US Lunar Eclipse
A Forever stamp featuring a photograph of a total lunar eclipse. The stamp used a thermal ink that c...
US Solar Eclipse
A Forever stamp commemorating the August 21, 2017 total solar eclipse visible across the United Stat...
US Art of Disney
A series of stamps featuring Disney characters in various themes including friendship, celebration, ...
US Scooby Doo
A Forever stamp featuring Scooby Doo, the mystery solving Great Dane. Part of the effort to introduc...
US Bob Marley
A stamp honoring reggae legend Bob Marley. Marley popularized reggae music worldwide through songs i...
US John Coltrane
A stamp honoring jazz saxophonist John Coltrane, one of the most influential figures in jazz history...
US Holiday Delights
A set of holiday stamps featuring traditional Christmas cookie designs. The festive stamps were issu...
US Coral Reefs
A sheet of stamps featuring photographs of coral reef life from the Pacific remote islands. Included...
US Life Magnified
A sheet of 20 stamps featuring microscopic photographs of natural subjects including pollen, neurons...
US State Flags
A sheet of 50 stamps featuring the flags of all US states. The Greetings from America series showed ...
US Dinosaurs
A set of stamps featuring dinosaurs including Tyrannosaurus Rex, Stegosaurus, and Brontosaurus. The ...
US Wonders of America
A sheet of 40 stamps featuring natural and man made wonders of America. Included the Grand Canyon, N...
US Garden Flowers
A set of stamps featuring popular garden flowers including tulips, roses, daffodils, and irises. The...
US Inventors
A sheet of 6 stamps honoring American inventors including Steve Jobs, George Washington Carver, and ...
US Marine Life
A sheet of stamps featuring marine life from US waters including whales, dolphins, sea turtles, and ...
US Northern Cardinal
A 2 cent stamp featuring the northern cardinal, one of the most beloved American songbirds. The male...
US Bluebird
A stamp featuring the eastern bluebird, a symbol of happiness in American culture. The bluebird popu...
US Declaration of Independence
A set of stamps commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Featured the...
US Bicentennial States
A series of 50 state stamps issued for the American Bicentennial in 1976. Each stamp featured the st...
US USS Constitution
A stamp honoring the USS Constitution, also known as Old Ironsides, the oldest commissioned warship ...
US Hoover Dam
A stamp featuring Hoover Dam, the engineering marvel on the Arizona Nevada border. Completed in 1936...
US Golden Gate Bridge
A stamp featuring the Golden Gate Bridge, the iconic San Francisco landmark. Completed in 1937, the ...
US Mount Rushmore Stamp
A 3 cent stamp featuring Mount Rushmore, the massive sculpture of four presidents in South Dakota. C...
US Pacific 97
A major international stamp exhibition held in San Francisco in 1997. The USPS issued special stamps...
US Legends of Hollywood Monroe
The first Legends of Hollywood stamp, featuring Marilyn Monroe. Designed by Michael Deas based on a ...
US James Dean
A Legends of Hollywood stamp honoring James Dean, who died in a car crash at age 24 in 1955. Dean st...
US Lucille Ball
A Legends of Hollywood stamp honoring Lucille Ball, the comedian and actress who starred in I Love L...
US Gary Cooper
A Legends of Hollywood stamp honoring Gary Cooper, the Academy Award winning actor known for his und...
US Katharine Hepburn
A Legends of Hollywood stamp honoring Katharine Hepburn, who won a record four Academy Awards for Be...
US John Wayne
A Legends of Hollywood stamp honoring John Wayne, the iconic star of western and war films. Wayne ap...