ISSUE 178 - October 3, 2025 - Stamp News Online Magazine
The Stamp Specialist:
Designs for U.S. Stamps
by Paul F. Berdanier
(From The Stamp Specialist Orange Book, published in 1941)
The stamps of the United States should rank in beauty with the best in the world. In the unanimous opinion of all the artists I have talked with, our postage design leaves much to be desired. True, a number of our stamps have been excellent, such
as the White Plains Commemorative,
the Massachusetts Bay Colony Commemorative, etc., etc. Our present regular series of postage stamps are good, but on the whole the standard of design is . . .
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