2025 Allen Toussaint (Black Heritage Series) Forever First Class Postage Stamps

Description:

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.