The U.S. Postal Service today announced it will issue a new 2-cent definitive stamp as part of the American Design series. The Navajo Jewelry stamp features artist Lou Nolan's painted detail of a Navajo silver and turquoise necklace with sand-cast "squash blossoms." Nolan based his painting on a photograph by Peter T. Furst. The necklace itself belongs to a private collector.
Nolan's previous projects for the Postal Service include four stamps in the Transportation series (School Bus, Dog Sled, Milk Wagon, and Popcorn Wagon), the Certified Public Accountants stamp (1987), the Bill of Rights stamp (1989), and the first three stamps in the American Design series: American Toleware (2002); American Clock (2003); and Tiffany Lamp (2003).
The Navajo Jewelry stamp is scheduled for release August 20, 2004, at the Americover Stamp Show in Indianapolis, Indiana.