Art of the Skateboard Stamps

The bold artwork emblazoned on a skateboard deck is often as evecatching and individualistic as a skater's most breathtaking moves.These four stamps celebrate the Art of the Skateboard with vibrantdesigns that capture skateboarding's excitement and reflect the diversityand influences of the four artists whose work is featured.
On a pane containing five rows of four stamps, each skateboard appearsonce per row. Each subsequent row begins by repeating the last stampfrom the previous row, creating a staggered arrangement of designs.
Alaskan Crystal Worl reflects her Indigenous Tlingit/Athabascan heritagewith a blue and indigo salmon rendered in formline, the strikingcurvilinear design style of the northern Northwest Coast.
A bold graphic abstraction embellishes a deck by self-taught Virginiaartist William James Taylor Junior. His skateboard features a design ofred lines and curves against an orange background
Arizona native and expert skateboarder Di'Orr Greenwood created askateboard design with paint, artistic woodburning, and inlaid crushedturquoise. Her Navajo culture is further reflected on a deck featuringeagle feathers and a colorful burst in hues evoking a rising or settingsun.
A black, white, and gold jaquar design is the work of muralist MasPaz(Federico Frum), a Colombian native raised in the Washington, D.C.,area. The largest cat in the Americas, the jaguar symbolizes authorityand power in the art and lore of Indigenous peoples.
Art director Antonio Alcala designed the stamps.The Art of Skateboards stamps are being issued as Forever stampsForever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-ClassMail one-ounce price.
Made in the USA
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