About This Stamp
With help from some of Walt Disney’s famous animated characters, four stamps illustrate the theme of celebration. USPS art director Terrence McCaffrey joined with a Disney team including artist Peter Emmerich and creative director Dave Pacheco to represent four fun-loving groups who know how to have a good time: Mickey Mouse and Pluto are experts when it comes to sharing cake; the Mad Hatter and Alice throw an uproarious party; mermaid Ariel and her undersea friends turn up the music; and Snow White and Dopey dance.
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Stamp Art Director
Terrence W. McCaffrey
Terrence W. McCaffrey attended the Corcoran School of Art, majoring in graphic design. Prior to joining the U.S. Postal Service®, he was employed by a Bethesda-based computer firm, where he advanced from intern designer to Assistant Art Director.
McCaffrey joined the Post Office Department in 1970 as a designer in the Communications Department. His original duties included redesigning the employee magazine and all other corporate materials to reflect the new corporate identity that came into effect in 1971 when the Department became the U.S. Postal Service.
Over the next 20 years McCaffrey was responsible for the design of more than 300 lobby posters; promotional material for various services such as Express Mail and Priority Mail™; employee magazines, newsletters, and slide shows; and philatelic products.
In 1990, McCaffrey joined Stamp Services as a member of the stamp design team, also assuming responsibility for the design of all philatelic products. In 1992, he was named Creative Director for the Stamp Design group, with responsibility for all stamp and stationery design. McCaffrey was appointed Manager of the Stamp Development group in 2000. Among his responsibilities were stamp subject and design development, rights of publicity, philatelic products, the USA Philatelic catalog, the philatelic archives, and overseeing the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee.
During his long and productive career at the Postal Service™, McCaffrey served as art director for more than three-dozen issuances. He personally designed a number of U.S. postage stamps, including the Mars Pathfinder Souvenir Sheet; Raphael Cherubs (Love Series); the $2.90 Priority Mail Eagle; the $9.95 Express Mail Eagle; Interphil 76; Energy Conservation and Development; and Happy Birthday. He also co-designed the 15-stamp Star Wars issuance, five Art of Disney issuances, and the Send a Hello and Mail a Smile issuances.
McCaffrey retired in December 2010. He lives in New Braunfels, Texas.
Stamp Designer
David Pacheco
Stamp Artist
Peter Emmerich
Like so many kids who have held a crayon, Peter Emmerich dreamed of working for the Walt Disney Company. In fact, he dreamed of little else while growing up in Brooklyn, New York.
In May 1996, the day after graduating from New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, Peter left for Burbank, California, where he joined the staff at the Walt Disney Company. As he writes, \"A lifelong dream had become a reality at the early age of 22!\"
At Disney, Peter worked first as a Senior Character Artist for the Consumer Products division and then was promoted to Chief Illustrator and Official Character Artist for The Disneyland Resort.
In July 2002, after six years at Disney, Peter returned to New York City and opened his own illustration studio. A member of the faculty at his alma mater, he has also been a Professor of Illustration at the Pratt Institute.
In addition to working as a freelance illustrator, Peter has continued his relationship with the Walt Disney Company. In 2004, he created the art for the first in a series of U.S. postage stamps featuring Mickey Mouse and many of his animated friends and honoring Walt Disney and his animators. He reprised this work in 2005 and 2006 with all new art for additional Disney stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service. The first two sets of stamps are in the top twenty best-selling stamps in U.S. Postal Service History.