Mr. ZIP on Stamps

Mr. ZIP on Stamps

While Mr. ZIP never was featured on his own stamp he did make an appearance in the selvage (the excess area of a printed sheet of any material) of most stamp releases between 1964 – 1985.

Below is a table letting you know which releases featured Mr. ZIP.

#DateName
118105/05/64Battle of the Wilderness, 1864
118204/09/65Appomattox, 1865
124201/10/64Sam Houston
124303/19/64Charles M. Russell: "Jerked Down"
124404/22/64Mall with Unisphere and "Rocket Thrower" by Donald De Lue
124706/15/64New Jersey
124807/22/64Centennial Nevada Statehood
124908/01/64Register and vote, flag
125008/14/64William Shakespeare (1554-1616)
125109/11/64Drs. William and Charles Mayo
125210/15/64American Music - Lute, Horn, Laurel, Oak, and Music Score
125310/26/64Homemakers
1254-5711/09/64Christmas 1964: Holly
125811/21/64Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and Map of New York Bay
125912/02/64Abstract Design by Stuart Davis
126012/15/64Amateur Radio
126101/08/65General Andrew Jackson and Sesquicentennial Medal
126202/15/65Discus Thrower
126304/01/65Microscope and Stethoscope
126405/13/65Winston Churchill
126506/15/65Procession of Barons and King John's Crown
126606/26/65International Cooperation Year Emblem
126707/02/65Salvation Army
126807/17/65Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) in a 16th Century Painting
126908/10/65President Herbert Clark Hoover, (1874-1964)
127008/19/65Robert Fulton and the Clermont
127108/28/65Spanish Explorer, Royal Flag of Spain, and Ships
127209/03/65Traffic Signal
127309/17/65Elizabeth Clarke Copley
127410/06/65Galt Projection World Map and Radio Sine Wave
127611/02/65Angel with Trumpet, 1840 Weather Vane
130604/09/66Migratory Birds over Canada-Border
130704/09/66Dog (Canis lupus familiaris)
130804/16/66Sesquicentennial Seal, Map of Indiana with Stars & Old Capit
130905/02/66Clown
131005/21/66Stamped Cover
131207/01/66"Freedom" Checking "Tyranny"
131307/30/66Polish Eagle and Cross
131408/25/66National Park Service Emblem
131508/29/661966 Marine, Frogman, Flier, Devil Dog, & 1775 Marine
131609/12/66Women of 1890 and 1966
131709/24/66Johnny Appleseed
131810/05/66Plant For More Beautiful America
131910/21/66Map of Central United States with Great River Road
132010/26/66Statue of Liberty and "Old Glory"
132111/01/66Madonna and Child by Hans Memling
132211/17/66"The Boating Party"
132304/17/67Grange Poster, 1870
132405/25/67Canada 1867-1967
132507/04/67Stern of Early Canal Boat
132607/05/67Peace Dove
132707/12/67Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862)
132807/29/67Hereford Cattle (Bos primigenius taurus), Ear of Corn
132908/01/67Radio Transmission Tower and Waves
133008/17/67Davy Crockett and Scrub Pine
1331 - 3209/29/67Accomplishments in Space 
133310/02/67View of Model City
133410/06/67Finland Independence 1917-67
133611/06/67Madonna and Child by Hans Memling
133712/11/67150 Years Mississippi Statehood, Magnolia
133801/24/68Flag and White House
133902/12/68150 Years Illinois Statehood, Farm Buildings and Fields of R
134003/30/68Map of North & South America & Lines Converging on Texas
134104/04/68Eagle Holding Pennant
134205/01/68Support our Youth
134305/17/68Policeman and Boy
134406/27/68Register and Vote
1345 - 5407/04/68Historic Flags
135509/11/68Walt Disney (1901-1966) and Children of the World
135609/20/68Father Marquette and Louis Jolliet Exploring the Mississippi
135709/26/68Daniel Boone
135810/01/68Ship's Wheel, Power Transmission Tower and Barge
135910/09/68Leif Erikson by A. Stirling Calder
136010/15/68Racing for Homesteads in Cherokee Strip, 1893
136110/18/68Detail of "The Battle of Bunker Hill"
136210/24/68Wood Duck (Aix sponsa)
136411/04/68Chief Joseph by Cyrenius Hall
1365 - 6801/16/69Beautification of America
136903/15/69The American Legion - Eagle from Great Seal
137005/01/69July 4th by Grandma Moses
137105/05/69Apollo 8- Moon surface and Earth
137205/17/69William Christopher Handy (1873-1958), Jazz Musician and Com
137307/16/69Carmel Mission Belfry
137408/01/69Major Powell Exploring Colorado River, 1869
137508/02/69Northern Flicker (Colaptes auratus), Camellia (Camellia sp.)
1376 - 7908/23/69Botanical Congress
138009/22/69Daniel Webster and Dartmouth Hall
138109/24/69Professional Baseball 1869-1969
138209/26/69Football Player and Coach
138310/14/69Dwight D. Eisenhower, 34th President (1890-1969)
138511/20/69Hope for The Crippled
138612/03/69"Old Models"
1387 - 9005/06/70Natural History
139107/09/70150 Years Maine Statehood, Lighthouse at Two Lights by Edwar
139207/20/70American Bison (Bison bison)
140508/22/70Edgar Lee Masters (1869-1950), Poet
140608/26/70Suffragettes, 1920 and Woman Voter, 1970
140709/12/70Symbols of South Carolina
140809/19/70Stone Mountain Memorial
140910/17/70Fort Snelling Keelboat and Tepees
1410 - 1310/28/70Anti-Pollution
141411/05/70Christmas - Nativity by Lorenzo Lotto
1415 -1811/05/70Christmas - Toys
141911/20/70United Nations 25th Anniversary
142011/21/70Mayflower and Pilgrims
142111/24/70Disabled American Veterans Emblem
142211/24/70Honoring U.S. Servicemen
142301/19/71America's Wool - Ewe and Lamb (Ovis ammon aries)
142401/26/71General Douglas MacArthur (1880-1964)
142503/12/71"Giving Blood Saves Lives"
142605/08/71150 Years Missouri Statehood, "Independence ..."
1427 - 3006/12/71Wildlife Conservation
143106/23/71Map of Antarctica
143207/04/71Bicentennial Commission Emblem
143308/02/71The Wake of the Ferry by John Sloan (1871-1951)
1434 - 3508/02/71Space Achievements
143608/28/71Emily E. Dickinson (1830-1886), Poet
143709/12/71Sentry Box, Morro Castle, San Juan, Puerto Rico
143810/04/71Young Woman Drug Addict
143910/27/71Hands Reaching for "CARE"
1440 - 4310/29/71Historic Preservation
144411/10/71Christmas - Adoration of the Shepherds by Giorgione
144511/10/71Christmas - Partridge in a Pear Tree
144602/03/72Sidney Lanier (1842-1881), Poet, Musician, Lawyer, Educator
144702/11/72Peace Corps - Poster by David Battle
145206/26/72National Parks Centennial - Wolf Trap Farm, Virginia
145303/01/72National Parks Centennial - Old Faithful, Yellowstone
145407/28/72National Parks Centennial - Mt. McKinley, Alaska
145503/18/72Family Planning
1456 - 5907/04/72Colonial Craftsman
146008/17/72Bicycling and Olympic Rings
146108/17/72Bobsledding and Olympic Rings
146208/17/72Running and Olympic Rings
146309/15/72Blackboard with P.T.A.
1464 - 6709/20/72Wildlife Conservation
146809/27/72100th Anniversary of Mail Order - Rural Post Office Store
146910/09/72Osteopathic Medicine - Man's Quest for Health
147010/13/72Tom Sawyer by Norman Rockwell
147111/09/72Christmas - Angels from "Mary Queen of Heaven"
147211/09/72Christmas - Santa Claus
147311/10/72Pharmacy - Mortar and Pestle, Bowl of Hygeia
147411/17/72Stamp Collecting - U.S. No. 1 under Magnifying Glass
147501/26/73"LOVE" by Robert Indiana
147602/16/73Printer and Patriots Examining Pamphlet
147704/13/73Posting a Broadside
147806/22/73Postrider
147909/28/73Drummer
1480 - 8307/04/73Boston Tea Party
148402/28/73Geoge Gershwin, Sportin' Life, Porgy and Bess
148508/13/73Robinson Jeffers, Man and Children of Carmel with Burro
148609/10/73Henry Ossawa Tanner, Palette and Rainbow
148709/20/73Willa Cather, Pioneer Family and Covered Wagon
148804/23/73Nicolas Copernicus (1473-1543) Polish Astronomer
1489-9804/30/73Postal Service
150007/10/73Marconi's Spark Coil and Spark Gap
150107/10/73Transistors and Printed Circuit Board
150207/10/73Progress in Electronics
150410/05/73Rural America - Angus and Longhorn Cattle
150508/06/74Rural America - Chautauqua Tent and Buggies
150608/16/74Rural America - Wheat Fields and Train
150711/07/73Christmas - Small Cowper Madonna, by Raphael
150811/07/73Christmas - Christmas Tree in Needlepoint
152503/11/74Emblem and Initials of Veterans of Foreign Wars
152603/26/74Robert Frost (1873-1963), Poet
152704/18/74Expo74 - "Cosmic Jumper" and "Smiling Sage"
152805/04/74Horses Rounding Turn
152905/14/74Skylab
1530 - 3706/06/74Art Hokusai
1538 - 4106/13/74Mineral Heritage
154206/15/74Covered Wagons at Fort Harrod, First Settlement in Kentucky
1543 - 4607/04/74American Revolution
154709/23/74Energy conservation
154810/10/74Legend of Sleepy Hollow: Headless Horseman and Ichabod
154910/12/74Retarded Child
155010/23/74Christmas - Angel
155110/23/74Christmas - "The Road-Winter," by Currier and Ives
155302/10/75Benjamin West (1738-1820), Painter
155405/01/75Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) Poet
155505/27/75David Wark Griffith (1875-1948), Motion Picture Producer
155602/28/75Pioneer 10 Passing Jupiter
155704/04/75Mariner 10, Venus and Mercury
155803/13/75Collective Bargaining - "Labor and Management"
155903/25/75Sybil Ludington
156003/25/75Salem Poor
156103/25/75Haym Salomon
156203/25/75Peter Francisco
156304/19/75"Birth of Liberty" by Henry Sandham
156406/17/75Battle of Bunker Hill, by John Trumbull
1565 - 6807/04/75Military Uniforms
1569 - 7007/15/75Apollo Soyuz Space Mission
157108/26/75Worldwide Equality for Women
1572 - 7509/03/75US Postal Service
157609/29/75World Peace through Law
1577 - 7810/06/75Banking & Commerce
157910/14/75Madonna and Child, by Domenico Ghirlandalo
158010/14/75Christmas Card by Louis Prang, 1878
1633 - 8202/23/76State Flags
168303/10/76Bell's Telephone Patent Application, 1876
168403/19/76Commercial Aviation 1926-1976
168504/06/76Chemistry: Flasks, Separatory Funnel, Computer Tape
169006/01/76Franklin and Map of North America, 1776
1691 - 9407/04/76Declaration of Independence
1695 - 9807/16/76Olympic Games 
169908/18/76Clara Maass (1876-1901) and Newark German Hospital Pin
170009/18/76Adolph S. Ochs (1858-1935), Publisher of the New York Times
170110/27/76Nativity, by John Singleton Copely
170210/27/76"Winter Pasttime," by Nathaniel Currier
170401/03/77Washington at Princeton 1777 by Peale
170503/23/77Centennial of sound recording - Tin Foil Phonograph - By Tho
1706 - 0904/13/77Pueblo Pottery Art
171005/20/7750th Solo Transatlantic Flight - Spirit of St. Louis
171105/21/77Colorado - Columbine and Rocky Mountains
1712 - 1506/06/77Butterflies
171606/13/77Marquis de Lafayette
1717 - 2007/04/77Skilled Hands
172108/04/77Peace Bridge and Dove
172208/06/77Herkimer at Oriskany, by Frederick Yohn
1723 - 2410/20/77Energy
172509/09/77First Civil Settlement 
172609/30/77Drafting the Articles of Confederation
172710/06/77Movie Projector and Phonograph
172810/07/77Surrender of Burgoyne, by John Trumbull
173101/06/78Carl Sandburg, by William A. Smith, 1952
1732 - 3301/20/78Captain Cook
174402/01/78Harriet Tubman and Cart Carrying Slaves
1745 - 4803/08/78Quilts
1749 - 5204/26/78USA Dance
175305/04/78French Alliance
175405/13/78Dr. Papanicolaou and Microscope
175505/24/78Jimmie Rodgers with Guitar and Brakesman's Cap, Locomotive
175607/03/78George M. Cohan, "Yankee Doodle Dandy" and Stars
175706/10/78CAPEX '78 Wildlife
175806/26/78Photography
175907/20/78Viking 1 Lander Scooping Up Soil on Mars
1760 - 6308/26/78American Owls
1764 - 6710/09/78American Trees
177001/12/79Robert F. Kennedy
177101/13/79Martin Luther King, Jr. and Civil Rights Marchers
177202/15/79International Year of the Child
177302/27/79John Steinbeck (1902-1968) Novelist
177403/04/79Albert Einstein (1879-1955), Theoretical Physicist
1775 - 7804/19/79Pennsylvania Toleware
1779 - 8206/04/79American Architecture
1783 - 8606/07/79Endangered Flora
178808/09/79Special Olympics - Skill - Sharing - Joy
178909/23/79John Paul Jones "I have not yet begun to fight"
179009/05/79Decathlon
1791 - 9409/28/7922nd Summer Olympics
1795 - 9802/01/8013th Winter Olympics
180111/04/79Will Rogers (1879-1935), Actor and Humorist
180211/11/79Ribbon for Vietnam Service Medal
180301/29/80W. C. Fields (1880-1946), actor and comedian
180402/15/80Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806), Astronomer and Mathematician
1805 - 1002/25/80Letter Writing
182104/10/80Frances Perkins (1882-1965), Secretary of Labor
182305/31/80Emily Bissell (1861-1948), Social Worker
182406/27/80Helen Keller (1880-1968) and Anne Sullivan (1867-1936)
182507/21/80Veterans Administration Emblem
182607/23/80Gen. Bernardo de Galvez (1746-1786), Revolutionary War Hero
1827 - 3008/26/80Coral Reefs
183109/01/80Organized Labor - Bald Eagle
183209/05/80Edith Wharton (1862~1937), novelist
183309/12/80Learning Never Ends - "Glow" by Josef Albers
1834 - 3709/25/80Indian Art
1838 - 4110/09/80American Architecture
184210/31/80Christmas - Madonna and Child Stained Glass
187401/04/81Everett Dirksen (1896-1969) Senate Minority Leader
187501/30/81Whitney Moore Young (1921-1971) - Civil Rights Leader
1876 - 7904/23/81Flowers
191005/01/81Nurse Feeding Baby
191105/08/81Savings and Loans Building Piggy Bank with Coins
1912 - 1905/21/81Space Achievements
192006/18/81Joseph Wharton, ( Founder of Wharton School of Business)
1921 - 2406/26/81Wildlife Habitats
192506/29/81Disable doesn't mean Unable - Man Using Microscope
192607/10/81Edna St. Vincent Millay
192708/19/81Alcoholism You Can Beat It
1928 - 3108/28/81Architecture
193209/22/81Mildred Didrikson Zaharias
193309/22/81Bobby Jones (Robert Tyre Jones)
193410/09/81"Coming through the Rye" by Frederic Remington
193510/13/81James Hoban, Irish-American Architect of the White House
193610/13/81James Hoban, Irish-American Architect of the White House
1937 - 3810/16/81American Bicentennial
193910/28/81Christmas - Madonna and Child, by Botticelli
194010/28/81Felt Bear on Sleigh
194111/05/81John Hanson, First President of the Continental Congress
1942 - 4512/11/81Desert Plants
195001/30/82Franklin D. Roosevelt
195102/01/82Love
195202/22/82George Washington
1953 - 200204/14/8250 State Birds & Flowers
200304/20/82200th Anniv. of Diplomatic Recognition by the Netherlands
200404/21/82Library Of Congress
200504/27/82Consumer Education
2006 - 0904/29/82Knoxville World’s Fair
201004/30/82Horatio Alger - Frontspiece from "Ragged Dick"
201105/21/82Aging Together
201206/08/82The Barrymores Actors, John, Ethel, & Lionel
201306/10/82Dr. Mary Walker (1832-1919) Medal of Honor Recipient, 1865
201406/30/82International Peace Garden, 1932-1982
201507/16/82America's Libraries
201608/02/82Jackie Robinson (1919-1972), baseball player
201708/22/82Touro Synagogue
201809/01/82Wolf Trap Farm Park
2019 - 2209/30/82Architecture
202310/07/82Francis of Assisi
202410/02/82Ponce De Leon
202511/03/82Puppy and Kitten
202610/28/82Christmas - Madonna and Child by Tiepolo
2027 - 3010/28/82Seasons Greetings
203101/19/833-Dimensional Graph
2032 - 3503/31/83Balloons
203603/24/83Bicentenary of ‭Sweden - Relations
203704/05/83Civilian Conservation Corps Making a Road
203804/13/83Joseph Priestley (1733-1804), Discoverer of Oxygen
203904/20/83Volunteer lend a Hand
204004/29/83German Immigration - Concord 1683
204105/17/83Brooklyn Bridge
204205/18/83Norris Hydroelectric Dam
204305/14/83Runners - Physical Fitness
204406/09/83Scott Joplin (1868-1917), Ragtime Composer
204506/07/83Three Medals of Honor
204607/06/83Babe Ruth
204707/08/83Nathaniel Hawthorne (1804-1864), Novelist
2048 - 5107/28/83Olympics 84
205209/02/83Signing of Treaty of Paris 1783
205309/09/83Civil Service
205409/14/83Metropolitan Opera
2055 - 5809/21/83Science
2059 - 6210/01/83Streetcars
206310/28/83Christmas - Niccolini-Cowper Madonna by Raphael
206410/28/83Christmas - Santa Claus
206511/10/83Martin Luther (1483-1546), German Founder of Lutheran Church
206601/03/84Caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) and Pipeline
2067 - 7001/06/8414th Winter Olympics
207101/12/84Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. 50th
207201/31/84Love
207302/01/84Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950)
207402/06/84"Okay" Hand Signal with Rose
207502/10/84Dollar Sign with Coin
2076 - 7903/05/84Orchids
208003/17/84Eastern Polynesian Canoe, Golden Plover, Mauna Loa Volcano
208104/16/84Abraham Lincoln, George Washington
2082 - 8505/04/84Los Angeles Summer Olympics
208605/11/84Fresh water as a source of Life
208705/17/84Health Research
208805/23/84Douglas Fairbanks
208905/24/84Jim Thorpe, Football Hall of Famer
209006/06/84John McCormack
209106/26/84Aerial View of Seaway Frieghters
209207/02/84Mallard (Anas platyrhynchos)
209307/13/84Roanoke Voyage - The Elizabeth
209408/01/84Herman Melville (1819-1891), Author
209508/06/84Horace Moses (1862-1947), Founder of Junior Achievment
209608/13/84Smokey Bear
209708/17/84Roberto Clemente, Puerto Rican Flag
2098 - 210109/07/84Dogs
210209/26/84McGruff, The Crime Dog
210310/31/84Famous Hispanic Americans
210410/01/84Cartoon Family
210510/11/84Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962), Activist First Lady
210610/16/84Lincoln, Son Tad
210710/30/84Madonna and Child by Fra Filippo Lippi
210810/30/84Cartoon Santa Claus
210911/10/84Memorial Wall
211001/23/85Jerome Kern
213703/05/85Mary Bethune (1875-1955), Educator
2138 - 4103/22/85Duck Decoy
214203/25/85Ice Skater, Emblem, Skier
214304/17/851985 Love Issue
214405/11/85Rural Electrification Administration
214505/25/85Ameripex '86
214606/14/85Abigail Adams (1744-1818)
214707/18/85F. A. Bartholdi, Statue of Liberty Sculptor and Architect
214911/06/85George Washington, Washington Monument
215010/22/85Sealed Envelopes
215207/26/85American Troops in Korea
215308/14/85Social Security Act 1935-1985
215408/26/85The Battle of the Marne, France - Veterans WWI
2155 - 5809/25/85Horses
215910/01/85Public Education
2160 - 6310/07/85International Youth
216410/15/85Youths and Elderly Suffering from Malnutrition
216510/30/85Genoa Madonna, Enameled Terra-Cotta by Luca Della Robbia
216610/30/85Poinsettia Plants