Juliette Gordon Low

Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Stamp Collection

Prized not only for their artistry, stamps open windows to the wider world. They tell the history of a place and its people and have delighted collectors since they first came into use in the 1840s. The NGE’s Stamp Collection includes stamps issued by the United States Postal Service over the last century to honor the political figures, artists, and culture of Georgia. Click any stamp to learn more.

James Oglethorpe Stamp
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James Oglethorpe

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Abraham Baldwin Stamp
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Abraham Baldwin

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Sequoyah Postage Stamp
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Sequoyah

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Crawford Long Stamp
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Crawford Long

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    James Oglethorpe

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    Abraham Baldwin

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    Sequoyah

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    Crawford Long

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Martin Luther King Stamp
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Martin Luther King Jr.

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Casimir Pulaski Stamp
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Casimir Pulaski

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Richard B. Russell Postage Stamp
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Richard B. Russell Jr.

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Eli Whitney Stamp
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Eli Whitney

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    Martin Luther King Jr.

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    Casimir Pulaski

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    Richard B. Russell Jr.

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    Eli Whitney

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Little White House Stamp
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FDR and the Little White House

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Juliette Gordon Low
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Juliette Gordon Low

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Postage Stamp Featuring Moina Michael
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Moina Michael

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John Fremont Stamp
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John Fremont

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    FDR and the Little White House

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    Juliette Gordon Low

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    Moina Michael

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    John Fremont

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A postage stamp featuring a portrait W. E. B. Du Bois. A smaller image of him at a typwriter sits in the lower left corner.
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W. E. B. Du Bois

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A postage stamp featuring a portrait of Walter George in his senior years.
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Walter F. George

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    W. E. B. Du Bois

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    Walter F. George

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Jackie Robinson Stamp
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Jackie Robinson

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Olympic Games Stamp
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Olympic Games

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Bobby Jones Stamp
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Bobby Jones

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Pop Warner Postage Stamp
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Pop Warner

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    Jackie Robinson

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    Olympic Games

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    Bobby Jones

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    Pop Warner

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Otis Redding
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Otis Redding

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Johnny Mercer Stamp
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Johnny Mercer

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Oliver Hardy Stamp
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Oliver Hardy

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Gertrude “Ma” Rainey
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Gertrude “Ma” Rainey

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries
Margaret Mitchell Stamp
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Margaret Mitchell

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Sidney Lanier Stamp
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Sidney Lanier

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Joel Chandler Harris postage stamp
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Joel Chandler Harris

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Gone With the Wind Commemorative Stamp
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Gone with the Wind

Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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    Margaret Mitchell

    Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum
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    Sidney Lanier

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    Joel Chandler Harris

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    Gone with the Wind

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Peach Stamp
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Peaches

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Hudson's General Postage Stamp
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Hudson’s General

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Georgia State Flag Stamp
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Georgia State Flag

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Bobwhite Quail
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Bobwhite Quail

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    Peaches

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    Hudson’s General

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    Georgia State Flag

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    Bobwhite Quail

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James Oglethorpe Stamp

James Oglethorpe

The U.S. Postal Service issued a stamp featuring Georgia founder James Oglethorpe for the state's bicentennial anniversary in 1933.

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Abraham Baldwin Stamp

Abraham Baldwin

This 1985 U.S. postage stamp commemorates the life of former senator Abraham Baldwin, founder of the University of Georgia.

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Sequoyah Postage Stamp

Sequoyah

This 1980 Great Americans Series postage stamp honors Sequoyah, the only member of a nonliterate group in human history to have single-handedly devised a successful system of writing.

Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Crawford Long Stamp

Crawford Long

This 1940 US postage stamp features Dr. Crawford Long, the nineteenth-century physician from north Georgia credited with the discovery of anesthesia. 

Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Martin Luther King Stamp

Martin Luther King Jr.

This 1979 Black Heritage Series postage stamp honors the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr.

Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Casimir Pulaski Stamp

Casimir Pulaski

General Casimir Pulaski, featured on this 1931 U.S. postage stamp, joined American forces in the Revolutionary War. Fort Pulaski, near the mouth of the Savannah River, bears his name.

Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Richard B. Russell Postage Stamp

Richard B. Russell Jr.

Issued in 1984, this 10 cent postage stamp honors Richard B. Russell Jr., the youngest governor in Georgia's history. 

Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Eli Whitney Stamp

Eli Whitney

Eli Whitney's cotton gin revolutionized the southern economy. Within only a few years, cotton replaced indigo and tobacco as the region's major cash crop. This 1940 postage stamp commemorates Whitney and his invention.

Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Little White House Stamp

FDR and the Little White House

The U.S. Postal Service featured Franklin D. Roosevelt's home in Warm Springs, dubbed the "Little White House," on this 1945 postage stamp. The house is open to the public today, and the nearby Roosevelt Warm Springs Rehabilitation Center still serves patients with spinal cord injuries.

Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Juliette Gordon Low

Juliette Gordon Low

This 1948 postage stamp features a likeness of Juliette Gordon Low, who founded the Girl Guides of America, later known as the Girl Scouts of the United States, in Savannah in 1912.

Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Postage Stamp Featuring Moina Michael

Moina Michael

A commemorative stamp honoring Moina Belle Michael, a Walton County native and originator of the red memorial poppy, was first issued in November 1948. After World War I, paper poppies were sold and worn on Remembrance Day (Armistice Day), held on the second Sunday in November in Britain, to fund soldier rehabilitation.

Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum

John Fremont Stamp

John Fremont

This 1990s postage stamp features Savannah native John C. Fremont, the first Republican US presidential candidate.

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A postage stamp featuring a portrait W. E. B. Du Bois. A smaller image of him at a typwriter sits in the lower left corner.

W. E. B. Du Bois

This postage stamp honoring writer and civil rights activist W. E. B. Du Bois was issued in 1992.

Courtesy of the Smithsonian National Postal Museum 

A postage stamp featuring a portrait of Walter George in his senior years.

Walter F. George

Walter F. George represented Georgia in the U.S. Senate for thirty-four years. This postage stamp commemorating him was issued in 1960.

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Jackie Robinson Stamp

Jackie Robinson

The U.S. Postal Service featured Jackie Robinson on this 1982 postage stamp.

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Olympic Games Stamp

Olympic Games

This first-class postage stamp celebrates a century of Olympic Games in 1996. The games were held in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Bobby Jones Stamp

Bobby Jones

In 1930 Bobby Jones became the only man to win all four major titles in one season, completing the "Grand Slam" of golf. Considered the greatest amateur ever to play the game, his achievements were commemorated on this 1981 postage stamp. 

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Pop Warner Postage Stamp

Pop Warner

This 1997 postage stamp commemorates Glenn "Pop" Warner's career. Warner coached for forty-four years at six different colleges. 

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Otis Redding

Otis Redding

The U.S. Postal Service's American Music Series commemorated the life of Georgia soul musician Otis Redding in 1992.

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Johnny Mercer Stamp

Johnny Mercer

Savannah-born songwriter Johnny Mercer, commemorated on this 1996 first-class postage stamp, is best known for his Academy Award-winning song "Moon River."

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Oliver Hardy Stamp

Oliver Hardy

In 1991 the U.S. Postal Service commemorated several iconic comedians, including Georgia native Oliver Hardy. He is pictured in this stamp alongside Stanley Laurel, with whom Hardy starred in several successful comedies during the twenties and thirties, including the Academy Award-winning film The Music Box (1931).

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Gertrude “Ma” Rainey

Gertrude “Ma” Rainey

A twenty-nine-cent stamp portrays Georgia native and blues queen Gertrude "Ma" Rainey.

Courtesy of Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, University of Georgia Libraries, Georgia Music Hall of Fame Collection.

Margaret Mitchell Stamp

Margaret Mitchell

Atlanta author Margaret Mitchell, recognized on this 1986 Great Americans Series stamp, sold over 30 million copies of her novel, Gone With the Wind.

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Sidney Lanier Stamp

Sidney Lanier

Born in Macon, Sidney Lanier was an accomplished poet, novelist, composer, and critic. This 1972 postage stamp commemorates his work.

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Joel Chandler Harris postage stamp

Joel Chandler Harris

This 1948 first-class postage stamp commemorates Georgia author Joel Chandler Harris. Harris's retelling of the story of Brer Rabbit remains one of the world's best-known folktales.

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Gone With the Wind Commemorative Stamp

Gone with the Wind

This commemorative stamp was issued March 23, 1990, in Hollywood, California, as part of a set of four stamps recognizing classic films released in 1939 and winners or nominees of Academy Awards in 1940. Gone With the Wind won eight Academy Awards that year.

Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Peach Stamp

Peaches

The peach, depicted on this 1995 U.S. postage stamp, is Georgia's official state fruit.

Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Hudson's General Postage Stamp

Hudson’s General

This 1994 postage stamp features Hudson's General locomotive, made famous for its role in Andrews Raid during the Civil War (1861-65).

Courtesy of Smithsonian National Postal Museum

Georgia State Flag Stamp

Georgia State Flag

The U.S. Postal Service commemorated the nation's 1976 bicentennial anniversary with a stamp for every state flag. At the time, Georgia was still using the now-controversial 1956 state flag, featuring the Stars and Bars of the Confederate battle flag.

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Bobwhite Quail

Bobwhite Quail

The bobwhite quail, pictured here on a 1987 first-class stamp, is Georgia's official state game bird. 

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James Oglethorpe Stamp Abraham Baldwin Stamp Sequoyah Postage Stamp Crawford Long Stamp Martin Luther King Stamp Casimir Pulaski Stamp Richard B. Russell Postage Stamp Eli Whitney Stamp Little White House Stamp Juliette Gordon Low Postage Stamp Featuring Moina Michael John Fremont Stamp A postage stamp featuring a portrait W. E. B. Du Bois. A smaller image of him at a typwriter sits in the lower left corner. A postage stamp featuring a portrait of Walter George in his senior years. Jackie Robinson Stamp Olympic Games Stamp Bobby Jones Stamp Pop Warner Postage Stamp Otis Redding Johnny Mercer Stamp Oliver Hardy Stamp Gertrude “Ma” Rainey Margaret Mitchell Stamp Sidney Lanier Stamp Joel Chandler Harris postage stamp Gone With the Wind Commemorative Stamp Peach Stamp Hudson's General Postage Stamp Georgia State Flag Stamp Bobwhite Quail