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Recent Significant Acquisitions : 2004
2004 Significant Acquisitions
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Pierre-Noel accession
The Museum was bequeathed a large, representative collection of art by Haitian artist and stamp designer, Louis Vergniaud Pierre-Noel, who was married to the well-known African American artist, Lois Mailou Jones. The bequest consists of more than 100 sketches, finished drawings, stamps, first day covers, and related correspondence. It was further strengthened by the November 2003 purchase of four additional Pierre-Noel stamp design drawings from the recent sale of the United Nation's archival holdings.
His earliest work in stamp design began as an employee of several Haitian governmental agencies, including the postal administration. He is best known for his design of the 20th birthday stamp for the United Nations in 1965; but he also designed a 1944 Haitian postal tax stamp for the UN Relief for War Victims (considered one of the ten best designs in the world) and a 1949 Port-au-Prince bicentennial stamp that won him a gold medal.
This new acquisition enables the Museum to tell the story of stamp design from the artist's conception to the final product.
Donor: Bequest of Lois Mailou Jones through the Lois Mailou Jones Pierre-Noel Trust
2004.2009
Image (at left, top):
Pierre-Noel's design for United Nations Scott 148
Image (at left, bottom):
Malaria Eradication stamp sketch by Pierre-Noel
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Postal Advertisements
These forty-six advertisements appeared in popular publications like Life Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, and Time and prey on the public’s perception of the Post Office Department as speedy, accurate, and reliable to help sell products. Advertisers applied this technique to products as diverse as truck tires, engines, watches, chocolates, and coffee. Some ads actually feature products and equipment specific to mail processing. One unique subset of the group promotes specific products as well as the use of V-Mail for corresponding with our WWII troops serving overseas.
Donor: Gift of the Staff
2004.2016
Image (at left, top):
Poster displaying Shaeffer Pen Company's V-Mail cannister writing kit
Image (at left, bottom):
Postal advertisement
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