USPS Voices of The Harlem Renaissance Forever Stamps - Sheet of 20 Postage Stamps

On May 21, 2020, in New York, NY, the United States Postal Service issueS the Voices of the Harlem Renaissance stamps (Forever priced at the First-Class Mail rate) in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of 20 stamps (Item 476400). This issuance celebrates one of the great artistic and literary movements in American history, the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, which firmly established African Americans as a vital force in literature and the arts. Twenty stamps showcase four stylized pastel portraits of these literary figures: Alain Locke, writer, philosopher, educator, and arts advocate; Nella Larsen, novelist; Arturo Alfonso Schomburg, bibliophile and historian; and Anne Spencer, poet. African-inspired motifs are used as background elements of each portrait. The pane header shows a cityscape in silhouette with a sun in its midst and the issuance title “Voices of the Harlem Renaissance.” The artist for these stamps was Gary Kelley. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamps. This listing is for one sheet of 20 Forever postage stamps.