This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Lorain native Dohanos, famed stamp designer and artist
Lorain born Ste van Dohanos, renowned U S stamp designer and illustrator, created 43 stamps and contributed to 300 more as art director and Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee chair. His career spanned 1959 NATO commemoratives to 1980s issues, with posters for World War II campaigns and ads for Caterpillar, Pan Am, and others. Dohanos died July 4, 1994, at 87 in Westport Connecticut. The Black River Stamp Club meets Friday at Harvest Christian Church in Elyria for socializing, bidding, and auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee
Dohanos
U.S. Postal Service
Post Office
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Saturday Evening Post
West Virginia
Virgin Islands
U.S. Department of the Treasury
U.S
Caterpillar
Four Roses Whiskey
Maxwell House
Cannon Towers
Pan Am Airlines
NATO
Alaska
Hawaii
United States
John E Kennedy
Maine
Food For Peace
Crusade Against
Washington
South Lorain
National Museum of American Illustrators
Lorain
Cleveland School of Art
New York Ad Agency
U.S. Treasury
McCall’s
The
Post
Norman Rockwell
Rockwell
Lincoln Elementary
E. 32Nd St
Westport
Conn
Black River Stamp Club
Harvest Christian Church
Eastern Heights Blvd
Elyria