Salsa stamps bring fresh ingredients to classic design

Between work and chores and other such life activities, I haven’t put much time into stamps of late. But I did prepare the fall supplement for The Philosateleian U.S. Stamp Album yesterday evening, and today I wanted to share some new “stamps” shared with me by a correspondent.

The creator of these stamps is Donovan Beeson, formerly of the Letter Writers Alliance. Donovan sent a block of 10 cinderellas containing seven different designs picturing salsa ingredients: tomatillos, onions, tomatoes, avocadoes, garlic cloves, jalapeños, and limes. Yummy!

The designs of Donovan’s stamps were clearly inspired by Mexico’s “Export” airmail stamps of the 1970s and 1980s, which depicted various products exported to other countries.

The denomination of each of the stamps is given as a price per pound. For example, the tomatillo stamp’s denomination is $1.99 per lb. That’s pretty clever!

You can find more of Donovan’s design work on her Patreon site.

Published 2025-08-18