About This Stamp
The Postal Service issued a 32-cent Women in Military Service commemorative stamp on October 18, 1997, in Washington, D.C. The issuance of the stamp also coincided with the dedication of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial in Arlington, Virginia.
The stamp features uniformed women from the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard and honors their achievements.
Designed by Derry Noyes of Washington, D.C., and illustrated by Dennis Lyall of Bridgeport, Connecticut, the stamp was printed in panes of twenty by the Banknote Corporation of America, Inc., in the offset process.
Art Director
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.