Creator: Kessler Design and Nancy Stahl / United States Postal Service
Client: United States Postal Service
The goal for this stamp design was to pay tribute to the women’s Olympic rowing team and to all the women who compete in this demanding sport. Four different stamp designs are featured in a pane of 20 stamps arranged as five staggered rows of four, each row comprising two se-tenant pairs of stamps.. The artwork, which covers the entire pane, is a stylized illustration of five eight-person crews on the water, apparently practicing or possibly racing. The staggering crews of eight showing one team at the beginning of a stroke and another finishing, communicated the sense of motion and energy they sought. The artwork's horizontal orientation meant that the rowers could be recognizable as women. The selvage is used to finish the scene with another boat in the distance and the riverbank behind.
Additional Credits
Ethel Kessler, Art Director
Nancy Stahl, Designer
Nancy Stahl, Illustrator