Postal Service unveils image for Milk stamp
This undated image released by the United States Postal Service shows the Harvey Milk Forever Stamp. The U.S. Postal Service will feature Milk, the California politician and gay rights icon, on its commemorative stamp. The image is based on a photograph taken around 1977 as Milk stood outside his Castro Street Camera Store in San Francisco.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service will feature a close-up, black-and-white photograph of Harvey Milk on its commemorative stamp of the California politician and gay rights icon.
The image is based on a Daniel Nicoletta photograph taken of Milk as he stood outside his Castro Street Camera Store in San Francisco. A ceremony marking the stamp’s first day of issue will take place May 22 at the White House.
