Formats and Costs

How to Order

	Format		Archived Image		New Image
	Digital file sent via e-mail or FTP		$25 each		$50 each
	Digital file on CD		$50 each		$50 each

The Museum requests a complimentary copy of
publications in which museum images are published. The Museum requests that its digital media be used with full attribution to the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.

Museum object and Photographic Archives images
are available in digital formats only.

Text Usage:
Museum website text can be used without cost. The Museum, however, does request that the text be used with full attribution given to the Smithsonian National Postal Museum.

• E-mail odonnellja@si.edu

To order images or other media, please email the museum's Photo Archivist James O'Donnell, at the above email address. Please include your full name, institution/organization, location, description and title of image/media (include URL if possible), and description of intended use. You may pay with a major credit card either through an online invoice or by calling a phone number that will be provided in our reply. For security reasons, we do not accept credit card information by email.

Photographic media will be sent within 14 days after receipt of payment.

Please note: permission to use copyrighted material (photographs/designs/artwork/etc.) does not automatically transfer with your order if copyright is held by another institution. For example, the U.S. Postal Service holds the copyright for all U.S. postage stamps issued after January 5, 1978. Permission to use images of any stamps issued after that date should be obtained (before use) from the U.S. Postal Service Licensing Department at 202-268-4384. Also, some photographs on the museum website are copyrighted by the Library of Congress or other institutions. Before using these images, permission should be obtained from the appropriate institution.

USPS Stamp Use Information »