Art
In 1957, the U.S. Post Office issued a 3-cent stamp celebrating American schoolteachers. This plate proof—a test print from the Bureau of Engraving and Printing—shows how the government officially recognized teaching as essential work worthy of national honor and remembrance.
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You're standing in a post office on a humid June afternoon in 1957. A customer asks for a sheet of the new teacher stamp—just released. The clerk slides them across the counter, and suddenly every letter mailed that summer carries a quiet message: teachers matter. Their faces, their work, their sacrifice—now immortalized in miniature on millions of envelopes crossing the country.
Reflect
Who was a teacher that changed your life, and how might you honor that impact today?