About This Stamp
In 2006 the U.S. Postal Service honored eight cherished animal characters from children's literature with the Favorite Children's Book Animals stamp pane. Children and adults alike will delight in these lively and colorful stamps, two of which — The Very Hungry Caterpillar and Maisy — were also issued by Royal Mail in the United Kingdom.
Maisy™ © 2006 Lucy Cousins. Published by Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA. Frederick © 1967, 1995 Leo Lionni. Used by permission. Dr. Seuss Properties ™ & © 2006 Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. Used with permission. Olivia © 2005 by Ian Falconer. Wilbur from Charlotte's Web Illustration © renewed 1980 Estate of Garth Williams. Used with permission. Curious George™ & © HMCo. The Very Hungry Caterpillar™ Eric Carle. Where the Wild Things Are™ & © Maurice Sendak.
Stamp Art Director, Stamp Designer
Derry Noyes
For more than 40 years Derry Noyes has designed and provided art direction for close to 800 United States postage stamps and stamp products. She holds a bachelor of arts degree from Hampshire College and a master of fine arts degree from Yale University.
Noyes worked as a graphics designer at Beveridge and Associates, a Washington, D.C., firm, until 1979 when she established her own design firm, Derry Noyes Graphics. Her clients have included museums, corporations, foundations, and architectural and educational institutions. Her work has been honored by American Illustration, the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington, Communication Arts, Critique magazine, Graphis, Creativity International, and the Society of Illustrators.
Before becoming an art director for the U.S. Postal Service, she served as a member of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee from 1981 to 1983.
Noyes is a resident of Washington, D.C.