People From Photos, Life, or Used as Models; Still Living When Stamp Issued
May 2024
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Scott # Stamp/Notes (Linn’s Articles)
237 10c Columbian, based upon a mural including image (10/24/05)
286 2c Trans-Mississippi, based on photo (1/30/89, 6/19/89, 10/24/05)
296 4c Pan American, driver from photo (11/14/94)
702 2c Red Cross, from live model (3/15/93, 3/8/99)
717 2c Arbor Day, both children from photo (5/28/90, 3/23/98, 8/24/98, 5/9/16)
718 3c Olympics, from photo (8/6/90)
926 3c Motion Pictures, based on photo, no individuals identified (3/23/92)
929 3c Iwo Jima, survivors from photo (11/23/87, 8/13/90, 3/30/92, 5/9/94, 6/29/20, 3/8/21)
934 3c Army, soldiers from front ranks, from photo (6/13/94)
935 3c Navy, training class photo (1/14/91, 3/4/91, 9/9/91)
995 3c Boy Scouts, from poster based on live models, not identified (1/19/90, 7/29/91, 10/3/16)
1005 3c 4-H, from poster, identity not known (2/4/91, 3/26/18)
1011 3c Mt Rushmore, tourists from photo (1/13/92)
1013 3c Servicewomen, professional models from photo (5/14/90, 9/10/90, 3/25/91, 5/25/92, 7/8/96, 7/21/97, 11/9/15)
1017 3c National Guard, from billboard (7/4/94, 2/27/95)
1025 3c Trucking industry, from photo (5/13/91, 8/8/16)
1093 3c Schoolteachers, from photo on poster (8/6/90)
1145 4c Boy Scouts (3/9/15, 10/3/16)
1155 4c Hire the Handicapped, designer modeled on himself (2/6/95)
1190 4c Nursing, based on photo (1/14/91, 8/5/91)
1198 4c Homestead Act, from photo (0/8/90, 7/22/91)
1309 5c Circus, modeled on Lou Jacobs (4/16/90; 10/8/07, 2/23/16)
1331-2 5c Gemini/Space, real people (2/4/91)
1343 6c Law and Order, from painting of real people (3/9/98)
1382 6c Football, based on models (--------)
1434-5 8c Lunar Rover, real people (2/4/91)
1438 8c Drug Abuse, based on photo (10/9/89, 5/11/92)
1470 8c Tom Sawyer, painted from a live model (2/4/91, 7/29/91)
1489-98 8c Postal People: Woman sorting mail into slots based on photo (5/19/14)
1529 10c Skylab, real astronauts as dots (______)
1749-52 13c Dancers, based on models (7/29/91, 7/20/92)
1771 15c M.L. King, shows Coretta Scott King at head of the crowd (2/11/91, 8/12/91)
1831 15c Organized Labor/George Meany (6/7/21)
1910 18c Red Cross, painted from model (8/6/90, 4/20/09)
1925 18c Disabled Handicapped, living model/not confirmed (2/4/91, 7/29/91, 8/22/16)
2011 20c Aging, grandparents from photo (10/8/90)
2152 22c Korean War Veterans, based on photo (11/28/94, 1/15/96. 11/22/99)
2162 22c Big Brothers/Big Sisters (Int’l Youth Year), from photo (7/4/22)
2338 22c New Jersey, artist=s arm used for a model (4/4/94)
2419,C76 $2.40, 10c First Men on the Moon, real people (2/4/91)
2420 25c Letter Carriers, note George H.W. Bush image (5/6/91, 6/10/96)
2513 25c Eisenhower, paratroopers from photo (1/14/01, 7/8/91, 7/13/92)
2559j 29c FDR Declares war to Congress, from photo (1/17/94)
2697d 29c Corregidor, presumed from photo but not confirmed (10/30/95, 5/13/96)
2722 29c Oklahoma, modeled on actors (8/16/93)
2783 29c American Sign Language (1/19/15. 6/13/16)
2788a 29c Literary Classics, live models (4/4/94)
2840 50c Four Freedoms, painted from life by Rockwell (11/13/95)
2980 32c Women's Suffrage, from photo (4/21/97)
2981i 32c Times Square kiss, from photo (10/29/07)
3000t 32c Brenda Starr, modeled on creator (4/1/96. 7/18/05, 3/25/19)
3001 32c Naval Academy 150th Anniv., from photo (7/797, 3/23/98)
3072-76 32c American Indian Dances, from photos (6/29/20)
3174 32c Servicewomen, from photo (11/9/15)
3184d 32c Electric Toy trains, from an illustration (2/23/09)
3185m 32c Depression, from a photograph (2/23/09)
3186c 33c Shot Heard Round the World, four players in illustration (2/23/09, 7/21/14)
3186e 33c Rosie the Riveter, based on a photo (4/3/95, 10/10/16)
3187f 33c Peace Corps, from photo (2/23/09)
3188g 33c VietNam war, from photo (2/23/09)
3191e 33c Improving education, based on model (2/23/09)
3237 32c Ballet, from photo (5/12/03)
3321-4 33c Extreme Sports, from photos (5/31/21)
3399 33c Youth Basketball, from photo (11/18/02)
3502f 34c American Illustrators/Al Parker, from photo (8/12/13)
3555 34c Figures Skating, from photo (7/29/02)
3605/3740 34c and 37c Greetings From America/Vermont, skier from photo (10/2/17, 4/1/19)
3931-5 37c Sporty Cars of the 1950s – from photos (6/29/20)
3937b 37c Voting Rights Act – from a photo (7/8/19)
3937d 37c Little Rock Nine – painting from a photo (7/8/19)
4143 41c Star Wars, actors/actresses from movies (_______)
4358 42c Alzheimer’s Awareness, from photo (7/21/14)
4374 42c Alaska Statehood, from photo (7/21/14)
4825-44 Harry Potter Forever, actors/actresses from movies (7/21/14)
5190 Mississippi Statehood Forever – Arm from photograph (7/8/19)
5337 Kwanzaa 2018 Forever, all three figures modeled or from photo (4/27/20)
5399 Forever 50th Anniversary of Moon Landing, from photo (_______)
Many Santa Clauses (Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus......) (8/6/90; 12/26/22)
B2 37c+8c Heroes of 9/11, from photo (11/18/02, 3/24/03)
E1-5 10c Special Delivery Runner, live model (2/3/92)
E6, E8-11 Special Delivery Cyclist, live model (8/31/92)
FA1 15c Certified Mail Mailman, real letter carrier (9/25/89. 2/5/90)
Q8 20c Airplane parcel post, Hap Arnold at plane controls from photo (12/3/90)
WS1 25c War Savings stamp, with signature of William McAdoo (7/27/09)
