The 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe, one of America’s most extraordinary poets and fiction writers, will be immortalized on postage. For more than a century and a half, Poe and his works have been praised by admirers around the world, including English poet laureate Alfred, Lord Tennyson, who dubbed Poe, “the literary glory of America.” British author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle called him “the supreme original short story writer of all time.”The stamp portrait of Edgar Allan Poe is by award-winning artist Michael J. Deas of New Orleans, whose research over the years has made him well acquainted with Poe’s appearance. In 1989, Deas published The Portraits and Daguerreotypes of Edgar Allan Poe, a comprehensive collection of images featuring authentic likenesses as well as derivative portraits.
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Edgar Allan Poe Postage Stamp
With all the unnecessary commemorative stamps being issued by the US Postal Service, it's nice to see the occasional issue of importance. And that's exactly what we'll have with the 2009 issuance of a stamp honoring the 200th anniversary of the birth of Edgar Allan Poe.
The text below is from a USPS press release:
Of related interest: For a biographical essay, see James Russell Lowell's "Edgar Allan Poe."
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