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The four pillars of Hip Hop: MCing, DJing, B-Boying, and Graffiti are some of the most important art forms developed in the United States in the past fifty years. USPS commemorated Hip Hop’s cultural contributions by issuing these stamps in 2020. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá, Photography by Cade Martin

Commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Woodstock music festival, the stamp combines the iconic dove from the original event with lettering evoking music posters of the late 1960s. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá

The 2020 Lunar New Year / Year of the Rat stamp begins a new twelve-year series of stamps commemorating this holiday. Each stamp in the new cycle will feature an imaginative hand-crafted animal mask. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá, Art: Camille Chew

The Hearts Blossom stamp shows twelve colorful hearts with casual script intended to create a personal, happy, and positive message of love. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá

These four stamps celebrate the Christmas season with an ornament, a decorated tree, a stocking, and a reindeer rendered in red and green modern designs. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá, Art: Kirsten Ulve

This sheet of stamps present eight images captured from recent space missions. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá.

This set of four high-denomination stamps are the first completely abstract designs issued by the USPS. Art Direction: Antonio Alcalá, Designer: Michael Dyer.

Using a key phrase from the original document, this stamp commemorates the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation. Art Direction: Antonio Alcalá, Designer: Gail Anderson.

The fifth design in the “Music Icons” series commemorates Janis Joplin with a psychedelic-era inspired stamp. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá, Stamp photo: David Gahr, Stamp lettering: Daniel Pelavin, Cover photo: Bruce Steinberg.

This is the first U.S. stamp issued featuring thermochromic ink. With the warmth of a touch, the dark circle of the eclipse turns clear to reveal the moon. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá, Stamp photo: Fred Espenak.

Virtually unknown during his lifetime, Martín Ramírez is recognized today as one of the great self-taught artists of the twentieth century. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá.

A flower-like design composed of geometric shapes, these stamps utilize different color palettes, creating a set of four. Art Direction: Antonio Alcalá, Designers: Nicole and Petra Kapitza.

A civil rights activist and one of the first openly gay elected officials in the U.S., Harvey Milk is commemorated in this stamp with a photo by Daniel Nicoletta.

These stamps celebrate posters of the Work Projects Administration, created during the Depression by the Poster Division of the WPA Federal Art Project. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá, Design: Maribel O. Gray, M.D.

Part of the “Love” stamp series, this design plays on the meaning of “Forever” both as a signifier of long-lasting love but also as a representative of the denomination. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá, Design and lettering: Jessica Hische.

These four stamps commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the original television series with artwork of iconic elements from the show. Art direction and design: Antonio Alcalá, Design and illustrations: Heads of State.