Emilio Sanchez Artist Edition Forever First Class Postage Stamps-5 sheets of 20

To celebrate the many works of Cuban-American abstract artist Emilio Sanchez.

Each of the four stamp designs pictures a different piece of art by Emilio Sanchez:  “Los Toldos” (1973), “Ty’s Place” (1976), “En el Souk” (1972), and Untitled (Ventanita entreabierta) (1981).

The First Day of Issue was held at the LnS Gallery in Miami, Florida, a city famous for its high population of Cuban Americans.

Wherever he went, Emilio Sanchez (1921-99) was drawn to the geometry of architecture.  From the colonial buildings of his Cuban homeland, to New York skyscrapers, and run-down shacks in the Caribbean – he saw the beauty in them all.  And he captured that beauty in his own distinct way – as if he painted a dream or a memory.