Postal Service to Dedicate The Snowy Day Forever Stamps
USPS:
9.05.2017
First-Day-of-Issue
dedication ceremony for The Snowy Day Forever Stamps that are based on a
children’s book by Ezra
Jack Keats. The event is free and open to the public. #SnowyDayStamps.
Oct.
4 @ 10:30 a.m.
10
Grand Army Plaza
Brooklyn,
NY 11238
 |
The
U.S. Postal Service showcases Ezra Jack Keats’ most beloved story, The Snowy Day.
Written and illustrated by the celebrated children’s author, it was one of the
first prominent 20th-century picture books centered on an African-American
child. Each of the four new stamps in this 20-stamp booklet features a
different illustration of main character Peter exploring and playing in his
neighborhood while wearing his iconic red snowsuit. The images include Peter
forming a snowball; sliding down a mountain of snow; making a snow angel; and
leaving footprints in the snow. Art director Antonio Alcalá of Alexandria, VA,
designed the stamps.
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