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To honor trailblazing African American and Native American sculptor Edmonia Lewis. a fitting addition the long-running Black Heritage stamp series.
Pictures a casein-on-wood portrait of Lewis based on a photograph taken in Boston sometime between 1864 and 1871.
In recent years. the Black Heritage series has celebrated a man one year and a woman
the next. Next year. the 48th stamp in the series will honor Allen Toussaint (1938?C2015).
the virtuoso pianist. singer. songwriter. composer. arranger and producer responsible for
scores of hits across multiple genres. Designed by Ethel Kessler. an art director for
USPS. the stamp features a photograph taken by Bill Tompkins in New York City in 2007.
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