How do I get my artwork on stamps?
Artwork for stamp designs
- Submit a portfolio of samples in print form (tear sheets, color copies, etc.) that best represent your style of work.
- Do not submit artwork or photographs for a stamp subject for consideration.
- Mail your portfolio to the following address: USPS Stamp Development.
Who decides what goes on a postage stamp?
In 1957, the U.S. Postal Service created the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee to float ideas for stamps. Members from the fields of art, education, science and tech, history, politics and other areas of public life are appointed by the Postmaster General to evaluate stamp ideas from the public.
How much do you get paid to design a stamp?
An artist receives $3,000 for a stamp design. In a series of three or four stamps, the payment is $2,500 per stamp; five or more in a series, the fee is $2,000 per stamp. Stamp artists are called “think big, draw small” folk because their finished product is only five times the size of a typical 1-by-1 1/2 stamp.
Why did USPS stop custom stamps?
But in the spring of 2020, the USPS notified Stamps.com (who was the only remaining custom postage printer) that they were ending their custom postage program after 16 years. The U.S. Postal Service cited declining sales and legal frustration involving lawsuits about what was and wasn’t permitted on postage stamps.
Who Cannot be on a stamp?
For the first time, living people will be eligible to be honored on U.S. postage stamps. The U.S. Postal Service announced Monday that it is ending its longstanding rule that people cannot be featured on stamps while they’re still living.
Who Cannot be on a postage stamp?
The subject selection criteria for United States stamps implemented a new guideline effective in 2018. That revised ruling prohibits honoring living people and establishes a waiting period of three years after a person dies before they will be honored on a U.S. stamp.
Are only dead people on postage stamps?
In the past, I’d answer these questions by explaining that figures on U.S. stamps have to be deceased for at least five years. U.S. presidents are the only exception; they only need to be dead for a year before appearing on a stamp.