
For fulfillment of personal and commercial requests for digital media, the National Postal Museum charges the following fees. These fees do not apply to not-for-profit and educational organizations.

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Archived Image
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New Image
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Digital file sent via
e-mail or FTP
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$25 each
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$50 each
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Digital file on CD
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$50 each
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$50 each
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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.
How to Order
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 »
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Museum Collection Images
These are images of the objects in the permanent collection. For more information, please contact:
Jim O'Donnell
202.633.5525
odonnellja@si.edu
Photographic Archives Images
These images may be originals or photo-reproductions.
The photographs themselves are not part of the Museum's permanent collection and do not depict objects in the permanent collection.
For more information, please contact:
Museum photo collection:
202.633.5525
odonnellja@si.edu
The National Postal Museum Library's Photographic Archives Collection operates under separate policy. For further information, please contact:
202.633.5544
mccutcheonp@sil.si.edu
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