About This Stamp
This new Love stamp from the U.S. Postal Service celebrates the universal experience of love with a work by artist Keith Haring (1958–1990).
Rendered in Haring’s signature style, the design features his 1985 Untitled drawing which shows a large red heart with thick black lines radiating from it. Underneath are two undefined figures raising their hands toward the heart. The joyful image allows the viewer to project their own meaning of love in the context of their choosing. Haring’s work is rich in meaning and appeals to people from all backgrounds.
Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, selected the Haring artwork for the stamp design.
The Love (2025) stamp is being issued as a Forever® stamp. This Forever stamp will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.
© Keith Haring Foundation. Licensed by Artestar, New York.
Stamp Art Director, Stamp Designer
Antonio Alcalá
Antonio Alcalá served on the Postmaster General’s Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee from 2010 until 2011, when he left to become an art director for the U.S. Postal Service's stamp development program.
He is founder and co-owner of Studio A, a design practice working with museums and arts institutions. His clients include: the National Gallery of Art, Library of Congress, National Portrait Gallery, National Museum of Women in the Arts, The Phillips Collection, and Smithsonian Institution. He also lectures at colleges including the Corcoran College of Art + Design, SVA, Pratt, and MICA.
In 2008, his work and contributions to the field of graphic design were recognized with his selection as an AIGA Fellow. He has judged international competitions for the Society of Illustrators, American Illustration, AIGA, and Graphis. Alcalá also serves on the Smithsonian National Postal Museum and Poster House Museum’s advisory councils. His designs are represented in the AIGA Design Archives, the National Postal Museum, and the Library of Congress Permanent Collection of Graphic Design.
Alcalá graduated from Yale University with a BA in history and from the Yale School of Art with an MFA in graphic design. He lives with his wife in Alexandria, Virginia.