Literary Arts: Ernest Hemingway	Literary Arts: Little House on the Prairie
Literary Arts: Thomas Wolfe	Literary Arts: Ayn Rand
Legends of American Music: Elvis Presley	American Folk Art: Carousel Animals
Legends of Hollywood: James Dean	Classic Movie Monsters: Bela Lugosi as Dracula
Stars of the Silent Screen: ZaSu Pitts	Classic Movie Monsters: Boris Karloff as Frankenstein’s Monster
Legends of Hollywood: Marilyn Monroe	Legends of Hollywood: Cary Grant
Legends of Hollywood: Audrey Hepburn	Walt Disney
Broadway Musicals: Oklahoma!	Classical Composers and Conductors: Arthur Fiedler
Country and Western Music: Patsy Cline	Jazz and Blues Singers: Billie Holiday
Popular Singers: Ethel Merman	Jazz Musicians: Louis Armstrong
Big Band Leaders: Glenn Miller	Folk Musicians: Woody Guthrie
Literary Arts: Zora Neale Hurston

 

Arts and Entertainment

Our nation’s artistic endeavors, distinctly democratic and uniquely American, resonate internationally. A global audience enjoys our literature, films, and music, and our stamps further represent American diversity and creativity to the world.

Challenged to “work small,” stamp artists are restricted to a canvas no larger than four times the size of the final, printed stamp—even when the subject is a larger-than-life entertainment legend. The resulting works of art are therefore masterpieces in miniature, each one faithfully capturing the essence of a cultural icon.