Description
These “Post Office Murals” Forever stamps celebrate Post Office lobby artwork painted in the 1930s and 1940s..The murals were designed to add a touch of beauty to Post Office walls and help boost the morale of Americans during the era of the Great Depression..On the stamp art, the town or city and state in which the work of art is located is printed underneath each mural..The murals included are: “Kiowas Moving Camp” (1936) Anadarko, Oklahoma; “Mountains and Yucca” (1937) Deming, New Mexico; “Antelope” (1939) Florence, Colorado; “Sugarloaf Mountain” (1940) Rockville, Maryland; and “Air Mail” (1941) Piggott, Arkansas..Art director Antonio Alcalá¡ designed the stamps.