Now that the US Postal Service allows living people on stamps, we asked some illustrators to take a stab at a few. Could one of these designs be stamped on your next thank-you note?
The US Postal Service has revised its prohibition against depicting living individuals on postage stamps. So at some point in the coming months, the first stamp showing a living American will be approved. We asked four illustrators—Antony Hare, Jesse Lenz, James Seward, and Steve Brodner—how they might portray some famous Washingtonians.
David Petraeus
Hillary Clinton
Chuck Brown
Alex Ovechkin
Plácido Domingo
Illustrator: Antony Hare
Illustrator: Jesse Lenz
John Boehner
Henry Kissinger
Barack Obama
Sandra Day O’Connor
Bob Woodward & Carl Bernstein
Illustrator: James Seward
Illustrator: Steve Brodner
This article appears in the February 2012 issue of The Washingtonian.
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Now that the US Postal Service allows living people on stamps, we asked some illustrators to take a stab at a few. Could one of these designs be stamped on your next thank-you note?
The US Postal Service has revised its prohibition against depicting living individuals on postage stamps. So at some point in the coming months, the first stamp showing a living American will be approved. We asked four illustrators—Antony Hare, Jesse Lenz, James Seward, and Steve Brodner—how they might portray some famous Washingtonians.
Carl Bernstein
This article appears in the February 2012 issue of The Washingtonian.
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