Nov 5, 2024 - World
Smile to go: Postal art
Add Axios as your preferred source to
see more of our stories on Google.
Melissa Muñoz posing with postage stamps she illustrated. Source: via Telemundo
If you send a postcard to a loved one or a letter to Santa in the upcoming holidays, chances are high that you'll be using postage designed by Melissa Muñoz.
State of play: Muñoz is one of the latest Latina illustrators to be chosen by the USPS to help design a series of stamps.
- Muñoz says her collection was inspired by Mexican folk art, including a design of poinsettias, a festive red flower of Mexican origins.
- In recent years the USPS has also commissioned Latino artists for piñata stamps, a mariachi series, and Day of the Dead-themed ones.
