Howard Koslow

Toms River NJ

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

Antarctic Treaty (1971)

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