Howard Koslow
Howard Koslow has been commissioned to create paintings that can be seen at the U.S. Air Force Academy; the National Air and Space Museum; and the NASA Art Gallery, Kennedy Space Center, Florida. The National Park Service has also commissioned paintings for its historical art collections. Koslow’s previous projects for the U.S. Postal Service include eight 1940s Celebrate The Century stamps, four stamps featuring jazz/blues singers (1994) and all of the stamps in the Lighthouses series: Lighthouses (booklet 1990) Great Lakes Lighthouses (1995), Southeastern Lighthouses (2003), Pacific Lighthouses (2007), and Gulf Coast Lighthouses (2009). Koslow also designed a number of stamped cards including Carnegie Hall (1991), Ellis Island (1992), and the National Cathedral (1993). He and his wife live in Toms River, New Jersey.
Stamp Designs
8¢ Antarctic Treaty (1971)
6¢ Wolf Trap Farm (1972)
20¢ Brooklyn Bridge (1983)
20¢ Tennessee Valley Authority (1983)
22¢ Rural Electrification Administration (1985) w/Bradbury Thompson
39¢ Lawrence & Elmer Sperry airmail (1985) w/Howard E. Paine
22¢ U.S. Constitution (1987) w/Howard E. Paine
25¢ Executive Branch (1989) w/Howard E. Paine
25¢ House of Representatives (1989) w/Howard E. Paine
25¢ U.S. Senate (1989) w/Howard E. Paine
25¢ U.S. Supreme Court (1990) w/Howard E. Paine
25¢ Lighthouses booklet (5 designs) (1990) w/Howard E. Paine
45¢ Eagle aerogramme (1991)
50¢ Harriet Quimby (1991) w/Howard E. Paine
50¢ Antarctic Treaty (1991) w/Howard E. Paine
19¢ Carnegie Hall postal card (1991) w/Jack Williams (USPS)
19¢ Ellis Island postal card (1992) w/Derry Noyes
19¢ Washington National Cathedral postal card (1993) w/Derry Noyes
29¢ Jazz Singers, Legends of American Music series: Bessie Smith; Mildred Bailey; Jimmy Rushing; & Billie Holiday (4 designs)(1994) w/Howard E. Paine
32¢ Great Lakes Lighthouses (5 designs) (1995) w/Howard E. Paine
20¢ Princeton University postal card, Historic Preservation series (1996) w/Derry Noyes
20¢ City College of NY postal card, Historic Preservation series (1997) w/Derry Noyes
33¢ 1940s Celebrate the Century (8 designs) (1999) w/Carl T. Herrman
37¢ Southeastern Lighthouses (5 designs) (2003) w/Howard E. Paine
41¢ Pacific Lighthouses (5 designs) (2007) w/Howard E. Paine
44¢ Gulf Coast Lighthouses (5 designs) (2009) w/Howard E. Paine