Stamp designs samples

Hoover Dam and Mount Rushmore
Informational Elements (Hoover Dam)
· The Dam
· $16.50
· USA
· Hoover Dam
· 1931
· To remember President Herbert C Hoover
Design Elements
· Horizontal rectangle
· Purple, Browns, White, and Yellow ( the different tones of white create a motion to the water and the shades on the rocks create a shadowy affect)
· Nature
· The border around the picture is straight and the border around the entire stamp is rigid like normal stamps
· ?
· Horizontal text
· The background is the least noticeable, the river is secondary FP, and the rocks on each side appear to stand out the most to me.
· The two rocks are positioned on each side, the Dam is positioned at bottom center and slightly goes to the right, denomination and origin are top right corner, and the name of the landmark is located at bottom center
· ?
· Symmetrical
· The stamp has depth to it and appears to be 3 D, (by the different textures and tones )
· The positive and the negative space communicates because of how they appear together in one object

Informational Elements (Mount Rushmore)
· The presidents
· $4.50
· USA
· Mount Rushmore
· 1927-1941
· 2008
· The four presidents faces were sculpted into the side of Mount Rushmore to represent what they symbolize in American history.
Design Elements
· Horizontal rectangle
· Brown, Blue, Yellow, and Black ( the different tones of brown on the presidents relate to the actual color of stone mountains and the colors in the surrounding setting is natural)
· Sculpture
· The border around the picture is straight and the border around the entire stamp is rigid
· ?
· Horizontal text
· The least noticeable is the background setting, the focal point is the actual sculpture
· The central image is positioned in the center but has more the larger object to the left, the denomination and origin are top right corner, and the name of the landmark is located at the bottom center
· ?
· Asymmetrical
· 3 D, (by the different textures, tones, and line direction)
· There is not a lot of negative space

Tybee Lighthouse
Informational Elements:
· Lighthouse
· 37 cents
· USA
· Tybee Lighthouse
· Originally built in 1773, then rebuilt in 1867
· June 2003
Design Elements:
· Vertical rectangle
· White, Black, Green, and Orange ( the colors are soft in the sky to create a more natural look and the actual lighthouse colors are simple)
· Lighthouse
· The edges are rigid like a normal postage stamp
· ?
· The typography is horizontal (normal fonts)
· The focal point is the lighthouse, secondary FP is the sky, and then the trees, and then everything else.
· The lighthouse is positioned directly in the center, the denomination and origin is positioned in the upper right corner
· Symmetrical
· 3 dimensional, there appears to be space between most of the objects on the stamp
· ?

USPS in Endicott, NY (Local Historic Landmark)