Black Heritage Series
The United States Postal Service's Black Heritage series officially began in 1978 with the release of the Harriet Tubman stamp. Every year since then the USPS has selected another African American from a wide range of endeavors, including civil rights, politics, music, education, sports, science, business and military service to be honored on a Black Heritage stamp. Also included with this Black Heritage Series are other First Day Covers featuring African Americans who have appeared on stamps.

44c Oscar Micheaux - 2010 Black Heritage Series Canceled in New York City on the First Day of Issue, June 22, 2010. Oscar Micheaux was the first African American feature film maker.

Single $2.80 Pair $3.30 Block of 4 $4.35 Plate block of 4 $4.85

61c Richard Wright - Literary Arts Series Canceled in Chicago, IL on the First Day of Issue, April 9, 2009. Wright is a chronicler of the African American Experience.

Single $3.25 Pair $3.90 Block of 4 $5.25 Plate block of 4 $5.80

42c Civil Rights Pioneers - Souvenir Sheet of 6 designs Canceled First Day of Issue in New York City on February 21, 2009.

Set of 6 singles $17.50 Block of 6 stamps on #10 size envelope $5.50 Full souvenir sheet on extra large cover $9.60

Vintage Black Cinema - 7/16/2008 Set of 5 First Day Covers.

$13.75

Roy Campanella - 7/15/2006

$3.00

Sugar Ray Robinson - 4/7/2006

$3.25

To Form a More Perfect Union, Seeking Equal Rights for African Americans - 8/30/2005 Set of 10 First Day Covers.

$25.00

James Baldwin - 7/23/2004

$2.25

Zora Neale Hurston - 1/24/2003

$2.50

Wilma Rudolph - 7/14/2004

$2.35

Sister Rosetta - 7/15/1998 - Gospel Singers Series

$2.50

Clara Ward - 7/15/1998 - Gospel Singers Series

$2.50

Roberta Martin - 7/15/1998 - Gospel Singers Series

$2.50

Mahalia Jackson - 7/15/1998 - Gospel Singers Series

$4.50

Josh White - 6/26/1998 - Folk Singers

$2.50

Sonny Terry - 6/26/1998 - Folk Singers

$2.50

Leadbelly - 6/26/1998 - Folk Singers

$2.50

Count Basie - 9/11/1996 - Big Band Leaders

$3.50

Erroll Garner - 9/16/1995 - Jazz Legends Series

$2.50

John Coltrane - 9/16/1995 - Jazz Legends Series

$4.00

Thelonious Monk - 9/16/1995 - Jazz Legends Series

$3.00

Charles Mingus - 9/16/1995 - Jazz Legends Series

$3.00

Eubie Blake - 9/16/1995 - Jazz Legends Series

$2.50

Charlie Parker - 9/16/1995 - Jazz Legends Series

$3.50

Jelly Roll Morton - 9/16/1995 - Jazz Legends Series

$2.50

James P. Johnson - 9/16/1995 - Jazz Legends Series

$2.50

Louis Armstrong - 9/16/1995 - Jazz Legends Series

$3.00

Coleman Hawkins - 9/16/1995 - Jazz Legends Series

$2.50

Louis Armstrong - 9/1/1995

$4.00

Howlin' Wolf - 9/17/1994 - Blues & Jazz Singers Series

$3.00

Mildred Bailey - 9/17/1994 - Blues & Jazz Singers Series

$2.50

Ma Rainey - 9/17/1994 - Blues & Jazz Singers Series

$2.50

Jimmy Rushing - 9/17/1994 - Blues & Jazz Singers Series

$2.50

Robert Johnson - 9/17/1994 - Blues & Jazz Singers Series

$2.50

Billie Holiday - 9/17/1994 - Blues & Jazz Singers Series

$8.00

Muddy Waters - 9/17/1994 - Blues & Jazz Singers Series

$3.00

Bessie Smith - 9/17/1994 - Blues & Jazz Singers Series

$3.00

Nat "King" Cole - 9/1/994

$3.50

Ethel Waters - 9/1/1994

$2.50

Buffalo Soldiers - 4/22/1994

$2.50

Joe Louis - 6/22/1993

$3.50

Dinah Washington - 6/16/1993

$3.50

Otis Redding - 6/16/1993

$3.00

Clyde McPhatter - 6/16/1993

$3.00

Duke Ellington - 4/29/86

$3.00

Roberto Clemente - 8/17/84

$10.50

Dr. Charles Drew

$2.25

Ralph Bunche - 1/12/60

$2.25

Salem Poor - 3/25/75

$2.00

Paul Laurence Dunbar - 5/1/75

$2.00

Henry O. Tanner - 9/10/1973

$2.00

W.C. Handy - 5/17/1969

$2.50

Emancipation Proclamation - 8/16/1963

$3.50

Booker T. Washington - 4/5/1956

$5.00

George Washington Carver - 1/5/1948

$5.00

Anna Julia Cooper (1858-1964) Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Anna Julia Cooper - scholar, author and activist. Canceled on June 11, 2009 in Washington, DC.

$2.80

Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858-1932) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft FDC honoring Charles Waddell Chesnutt, American Author, canceled in Cleveland, OH on January 31, 2008.

$2.75

Ella Fitzgerald (1917-1996) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft FDC honoring Ella Fitzgerald, First lady of Song, canceled in New York City on January 10, 2007.

$3.25

Hattie McDaniel (1895-1952) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft FDC honoring Hattie McDaniel, Actress, canceled in Beverly Hills, CA on January 25, 2006.

$2.60

Arthur Ashe (1943-1993) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft FDC honoring Arthur Ashe, Tennis Player, canceled in Flushing, NY on August 27, 2005.

$3.00

Marian Anderson (1897-1993) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft FDC honoring Marian Anderson, Opera Singer, canceled January 27, 2005 in Washington, DC.

$2.50

Paul Robeson (1898-1976) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft FDC honoring Paul Robeson, Actor-Singer-Athlete and Activist, canceled in Princeton, NJ on January 20, 2004.

$2.50

Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft FDC honoring Thurgood Marshall, First African American Supreme Court Justice, canceled January 7, 2003 in Washington, DC.

$2.50

Langston Hughes (1902-1967) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft FDC honoring Langston Hughes, Writer and Poet, canceled February 1, 2002 in New York City.

$2.50

Roy Wilkins (1901-1981) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft FDC honoring Roy Wilkins, Civil Rights Leader, canceled January 24, 2001 in Minneapolis, MN.

$2.50

Patricia Roberts Harris (1924-1985) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Patricia Roberts Harris, First Black Woman Cabinet Secretary. Cover is canceled January 27, 2000 in Washington, DC.

$2.50

Malcolm X (1925-1965) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Malcolm X, Civil Rights Leader. Cover is canceled on January 20, 1999 in New York, NY.

$2.50

Madam C.J. Walker (1867-1919) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Madam C.J. Walker, America's First Female Self-Made Millionaire, Entrepreneur. Cover is canceled on January 28, 1998 in Indianapolis, IN.

$3.00

Benjamin O. Davis, Sr. (1880-1970) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Benjamin O. Davis, Sr., America's first African-American General. Cover is canceled on January 28, 1997 in Washington, DC.

$2.50

Ernest E. Just (1883-1941) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Ernest E. Just, Marine Biologist, canceled on February 1, 1996 in Washington, DC.

$2.50

Bessie Coleman (1892-1926) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover commemorating Bessie Coleman, Aviator, canceled on April 27, 1995 in Chicago, IL.

$2.50

Dr. Allison Davis (1902-1983) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft cover honoring Dr. Allison Davis, Social Anthropologist and Educator. Cover is canceled February 1, 1994 in Williamstown, MA.

$2.50

Percy Lavon Julian (1899-1975) - Black Heritage Series First Day Cover honoring Percy Lavon Julian, Chemist. Cover canceled Chicago, IL on January 29, 1993.

$2.50

W.E.B. DuBois (1868-1963) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft first day cover honoring W.E.B. DuBois - Writer, Editor, Civil Rights Leader. Cover is canceled January 31, 1992 in Atlanta, GA.

$2.50

Jan E. Matzeliger (1852-1889) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Jan E. Matzeliger, Inventor. Cover canceled in Lynn, Ma. on September 15, 1991.

$2.50

Ida B. Wells (1862-1931) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft cover honoring Ida B. Wells, Journalist. Cover canceled on February 1, 1990 in Chicago, IL.

$3.00

A. Philip Randolph (1889-1979) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring A. Philip Randolph, Labor and Civil Rights Leader. Cover canceled on February 3, 1989 in New York City.

$2.50

James Weldon Johnson (1871-1938) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring James Weldon Johnson, Author and Lyricist. Cover canceled in Nashville, TN on February 2, 1988.

$2.50

Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable (1750-1818) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Jean Baptiste Pointe Du Sable, American Pioneer and Founder of Chicago. Cover is canceled February 20, 1987 in Chicago, IL.

$2.50

Sojourner Truth (1797-1883) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Abolitionist and Reformer, Sojourner Truth. Canceled on the First Day of Issue in New Paltz, NY on February 4, 1986.

$3.00

Mary McLeod Bethune (1875-1955) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Mary McLeod Bethune, American Educator. Canceled in Washington, DC on March 5, 1985.

$3.00

Carter G. Woodson - (1875-1950) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Carter G. Woodson, Historian,canceled in Washington, DC on Feb. 1, 1984.

$2.50

Scott Joplin (1868-1917) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover canceled first day of issue -June 9, 1983 in Sedalia, MO to commemorate this Ragtime composer.

$2.50

Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day cover honoring Jackie Robinson, first black major league ballplayer, canceled on August 2, 1982 in Cooperstown, NY.

$7.50

Whitney M. Young (1921-1971) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover honoring Whitney M. Young, Jr. - writer and civil rights leader, canceled First Day of Issue on January 30, 1981 in New York City.

$3.00

Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover canceled on February 15, 1980 in Annapolis, MD honoring Benjamin Banneker - mathematician and astronomer.

$2.50

Martin Luther King (1929-1968) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover canceled First Day of Issue in Atlanta, Ga on January 13, 1979 honoring Civil Rights Leader Martin Luther King.

$4.00

Harriet Tubman (1821-1913) - Black Heritage Series Artcraft First Day Cover canceled February 1, 1978 in Washington, DC First Day of Issue honoring this nurse and abolitionist.

$3.00