Tom Engeman
Nationally acclaimed artist Tom Engeman, a resident of Frederick, MD, is well known for his poster and stamp designs. The winner of numerous design awards, he lists among his career accomplishments being the first art director for Washingtonian magazine, designing Historic Preservation magazine, and creating posters for the Metro, Washington’s new subway system, which were stolen as soon as they went up. His favorite stamp tale goes back to an early morning in July 1994, at the local post office in a small town in Idaho. Just ending a month-long drawing and painting trip, he was waiting in line to see which of his designs appeared on the newly issued Statue of Liberty stamp. From behind him someone called out to the postmaster, "Hey, Bonnie, has that new Statue of Liberty stamp come in yet?" She replied, "Yes, and it’s BEAUTIFUL!" In Tom’s words, "You can imagine what that felt like to me, the designer of the stamp. I stayed and autographed stamps, glowing in my personal 15 minutes of fame."
Among his many designs for the Postal Service are the Forever® stamp, four American Scenes series stamps, and 60 stamps for the Flags of Our Nation series that began in 2008.
Stamp Designs
19¢ Holocaust Memorial Museum postal card (1993) w/Elizabeth Altobell
29¢ Statue of Liberty (1994) w/Carl T. Herrman
NDM (5¢) Butte, American Scenes series (1995) w/Phil Jordan
NDM (5¢) Mountain, American Scenes series (1996) w/Phil Jordan
32¢ Statue of Liberty (reissue 1997) w/Carl T. Herrman
NDM "H" series (Hat), First-Class & Postal Card rates (1998) w/Terrence W. McCaffrey
20¢ Northeastern University postal card, Historic Preservation series (1998) w/Richard Sheaff
NDM (5) Wetlands, American Scenes series (1998) w/Phil Jordan
20¢ Girard College stamped card, Historic Preservation series (1998) w/Phil Jordan
NDM (5¢) Sea Coast, American Scenes series (2002) w/Phil Jordan
23¢ Carlsbad Caverns National Park stamped card (2002) w/Carl T. Herrman
NDM (25¢) American Eagle, Presorted First-Class (10 designs) (2003) w/Ethel Kessler
23¢ Ohio University postal card, Historic Preservation series (2003) w/Ethel Kessler
37¢ National World War II Memorial (2004) w/Howard E. Paine
23¢ Columbia University postal card, Historic Preservation series (2004) w/Derry Noyes
Forever® stamp (2007) w/Carl T. Herrman
41¢ Horses stamped envelope (2007) w/Carl T. Herrman
42¢ Elk stamped envelope (2008) w/Carl T. Herrman
42¢ Flags of Our Nation Set 1 (10 designs) (2008) w/Howard E. Paine
42¢ Flags of Our Nation Set 2 (10 designs) (2008) w/Howard E. Paine
27¢ Miami University stamped card, Historic Preservation series (2009) w/Howard E. Paine
44¢ Flags of Our Nation Set 3 (10 designs) (2009) w/Howard E. Paine
44¢ Flags of Our Nation Set 4 (10 designs) (2010) w/Howard E. Paine
64¢ Monarch (2010) w/Derry Noyes
Forever® Flags of Our Nation Set 5 (10 designs) (2011) w/Howard Paine
Forever® Flags of Our Nation Set 6 (2012) w/Howard Paine
65¢ Baltimore Checkerspot (2012) w/Derry Noyes