Renowned New Orleans composer, pianist and producer Allen Toussaint will be honored with his picture on a postage stamp in 2025, the U.S. Postal Service announced.
His stamp was designed by a postal service art director, Ethel Kessler, based on a photograph taken by Bill Tompkins in New York City in 2007. The Postal Service released a preliminary rendering of the Toussaint stamp, which depicts a close-up view of his smiling face, but the design may change.
The “forever” stamp will mail a first-class letter indefinitely, and will cost 73 cents.
Toussaint is the 48th person to be pictured as part of the Black Heritage stamp series, the post office said…