Dave Thompsen Photography

Stamp Treks

As a stamp collector, I’ve been interested in the subjects depicted in our postage stamps, so after researching them, I traveled to dozens of places within New England to learn more about them and to capture artful images of those places – the result is my Stamp Treks series of art works. Some of these are available on my Fine Art America shop.

An artistic photograph of the Joseph Conrad tall ship berthed at Mystic Seaport, Connecticut.

Art: The Joseph Conrad

Place: Mystic Seaport Museum, Mystic, CT

Stamp: 1988 Connecticut Statehood

Art: Old Massachusetts Statehouse

Place: 206 Washington St, Boston, MA

Stamp: 1988 Massachusetts Statehood

Art: Old Man of the Mountain Site

Place: Franconia Notch SP, NH

Stamp: 1988 New Hampshire Statehood

Art: Slater Mill

Place: Pawtucket, RI

Stamp: 1990 Rhode Island Statehood

Art: Vermont Farm

Place: Groton, VT

Stamp: 1991 Vermont Statehood

Art: Cape Elizabeth Lighthouse

Place: Cape Elizabeth, ME

Stamp: 1970 Maine Statehood

A photograph of the Mayflower II replica tall ship berthed in Plymouth, Massachusetts.

Art: Mayflower II

Place: Plymouth, MA

Stamp: 1970 Landing of the Pilgrims

Art: Old Ironsides

Place: Charlestown MA

Stamp: 2012 USS Constitution

Art: Bunker Hill Monument

Place: Charlestown MA

Stamp: 1968 John Trumbull

Art: John Paul Jones House

Place: Portsmouth, NH

Stamp: 1979 John Paul Jones

Art: Mark Twain House

Place: Hartford, CT

Stamp: 2011 Mark Twain

Art: Edith Wharton House

Place: Lennox, MA

Stamp: 1980 Edith Wharton

Art: Emily Dickinson House

Place: Amherst, MA

Stamp: 1971 Emily Dickinson

Art: Mercury-Redstone Rocket

Place: Concord, NH

Stamp: 2011 Alan Shepard

Art: First Automated Post Office

Place: Providence, RI

Stamp: 1960 First Automated Post Office

Art: Prout’s Neck

Place: Scarborough, ME

Stamp: 1962 Winslow Homer

Art: House of Seven Gables

Place: Salem, MA

Stamp: 1983 Nathaniel Hawthorne

Art: Acadia Lighthouse

Place: Bass Harbor, ME

Stamp: 2001 Acadia National Park

Art: John Harvard Statue

Place: Cambridge, MA

Stamp: 1986 John Harvard

Art: Curious George Shop

Place: (was in Cambridge, MA)

Stamp: 2006 Curious George

Art: Mark I Computer

Place: Cambridge, MA

Stamp: 1996 Computer Technology

Art: Rachel Carson NWR

Place: Wells, ME

Stamp: 1981 Rachel Carson

Art: Dr. Seuss Sculpture Garden

Place: Springfield, MA

Stamp: 2004 Theodor Seuss Geisel

Art: Basketball Hall of Fame

Place: Springfield, MA

Stamp: 1961 James Naismith

Art: Norman Rockwell Studio

Place: Stockbridge, MA

Stamp: 1994 Norman Rockwell

Art: JFK Library

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 1964 John F. Kennedy

Art: Prescott Farm Windmill

Place: Middletown, RI

Stamp: 1980 Rhode Island Windmill

Art: Mechanic Street Portsmouth

Place: Portsmouth, NH

Stamp: 2002 Greetings from New Hampshire

Art: Mount Chocorua

Place: Tamworth, NH

Stamp: 2012 ee cummings

A photograph of Portland Head Light in Cape Elizabeth, Maine.

Art: Portland Head Lighthouse

Place: Cape Elizabeth, ME

Stamp: 2013 Portland Head Maine Lighthouse

Art: Longfellow House

Place: Cambridge, MA

Stamp: 2007 Longfellow

Art: Phillips Exeter Academy Library

Place: Exeter, NH

Stamp: 2005 Exeter Academy Library

Art: Boston Harbor Light

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 2013 Boston Harbor Massachusetts

A photograph of the Portsmouth Lighthouse on the coast of New Hampshire.

Art: Portsmouth Harbor Light at Sunrise

Place: New Castle, NH

Stamp: 2013 Portsmouth Harbor New Hampshire

Art: Point Judith Light

Place: Narragansett, RI

Stamp: 2013 Point Judith Rhode Island

Art: Lexington Minuteman

Place: Lexington, MA

Stamp: 1975 Lexington & Concord (Sandham)

Art: Cog Railway

Place: Twin Mountain, NH

Stamp: 1995 Cog Railway

Art: Boston Tea Party

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 1973 The Boston Tea Party

Art: Saint-Gaudens Fountain

Place: Cornish, NH

Stamp: 1940 Augustus Saint-Gaudens

Art: John Copley

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 1965 John Copley – American Artist

Art: Thoreau Statue

Place: Concord, MA

Stamp: 1967 Henry David Thoreau

Art: Emerson House

Place: Concord, MA

Stamp: 1940 Ralph Waldo Emerson

Art: Gropius House

Place: Lincoln, MA

Stamp: 1982 Gropius House

Art: Marconi Station

Place: Wellfleet, MA

Stamp: 1973 Progress in Electronics (Marconi)

Art: Massachusetts Statehouse

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 1979 American Architecture: Boston State House

Art: Paul Revere Statue

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 1958 Paul Revere

Art: Olmsted House

Place: Brookline, MA

Stamp: 1999 Frederick Law Olmsted

Art: Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Place: Boothbay, ME

Stamp: 2020 Coastal Maine Botanical Gardens

Art: Edgar Allan Poe Statue

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 2009 Edgar Allan Poe

Art: Fort Knox Cannon

Place: Prospect, ME

Stamp: 1985 Henry Knox

Art: 13 Mile Woods

Place: Milan, NH

Stamp: 2008 13 Mile Woods, New Hampshire

Art: Herman Melville House

Place: Pittsfield, MA

Stamp: 1984 Herman Melville

Art: John Adams Statue

Place: Quincy, MA

Stamp: 1986 John Adams (Ameripex)

Art: Harriet Beecher Stowe House

Place: Hartford, CT

Stamp: 2007 Harriet Beecher Stowe

Art: Robert Frost Farm

Place: Derry, NH

Stamp: 1974 Robert Frost

Art: Franklin Pierce Statue

Place: Concord, NH

Stamp: 1986 Franklin Pierce (Ameripex)

Art: Robert Goddard Memorial

Place: Worcester, MA

Stamp: 1964 Robert Goddard

Art: Chesterwood

Place: Stockbridge, MA

Stamp: 1940 Daniel Chester French

Art: Arthur Fiedler Statue

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 1997 Arthur Fiedler

Art: Orchard House

Place: Concord, MA

Stamp: 1940 Louisa May Alcott

Art: Eastham Windmill

Place: Eastham, MA

Stamp: 1980 Massachusetts Windmill

Art: Willard House

Place: North Grafton, MA

Stamp: 2008 American Clock (Simon Willard)

Art: Ogunquit Coast

Place: Ogunquit, ME

Stamp: 2020 Maine Statehood

Art: Building the PInnace Virginia

Place: Bath, ME

Stamp: 1957 Shipbuilding Anniversary

Art: Carousel Horses

Place: Providence, RI

Stamp: 1995 Carousel Horse

Art: Ben Franklin Statue

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 1956 Benjamin Franklin

Art: Daniel Webster Statue

Place: Concord, NH

Stamp: 1969 Daniel Webster Dartmouth College Case

Art: Eric Carle Museum

Place: Amherst, MA

Stamp: 2006 The Very Hungry Caterpillar

A photograph of the Minuteman Statue at North Bridge in Concord, Massachusetts.

Art: Minuteman Statue at North Bridge

Place: Concord, MA

Stamp: 1942 War Savings: Minuteman

Art: View from Cadillac Mountain

Place: Acadia NP, ME

Stamp: 1934 Acadia

Art: Julia Ward Howe’s Brownstone

Place: Boston, MA (private residence now)

Stamp: 1987 Julia Ward Howe

Art: Phillis Wheatley Statue

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 2026 Phillis Wheatley

Art: Lucy Stone Statue

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 1968 Lucy Stone

Art: Abigail Adams Statue

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 1985 Abigail Adams

Art: John Hancock Memorial

Place: Boston, MA

Stamp: 1976 Declaration of Independence: Hancock and Thomson