Pueblo Art

The Pueblo people have lived in the what’s now the southwestern part of the U.S. for thousands of years. They’re known in particular for large communities of homes built together like modern apartment complexes, but made of adobe and built high up for protection. They’re also known for basket weaving and, in recent centuries, for artistically decorated porcelain pottery.

The set of four stamps on this page shows samples of Pueblo pottery. The first one was made by the Zia Pueblo. The word Zia means Sun, which is their religious symbol and it’s the basis for the New Mexico flag (see New States). They currently have a population of about 760.

The second stamp on the first row shows a pot made by the San Ildefonso Pueblo. There are about fifteen-hundred of them left in the world, living on a small reservation in New Mexico.

The first stamp on the seconnd row is a pot made and decorated by the Hopi. They’re from northeast Arizona with a population of about twenty-thousand people – the largest of the Pueblo. The name, Hopi has a few meanings: civilized, peaceful, polite, etc. This may have accounted for their survival – avoiding conflict and trying to be agreeable, but separate. But based on the dwellings, art, and history of all Pueblo, I’d say they were all agreeable and peaceful, unless provoked.

The last pottery stamp shows an artifact from the Acoma Pueblo. They own about six-hundred square miles of land near Albuquerque, New Mexico with about five-thousand people.

It’s sad how such artistically talented and peaceful people were killed and their cultures almost completely eliminated.

Note

I realize that it’s difficult to do a good layout when there are too many sets of four stamps like on this page, but I think Leuchtturm could tighten the layout with more singles on the page. Sorry if my criticisms are getting tiresome.

Contains 14 spots: own 14 – 14 unused, 0 used.
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Album or Web Page Last changed May 9, 2025

Stamp Details

The table below lists information about the stamps shown on this page of Lighthouse’s stamp album. For more details about a particular stamp, click on its description. That will take you to the related web page of Colnect.

spot

own

catalog

subject

description

comment

Pueblo Pottery

1.1	✓	1706	Zia Pot	13c (apr 1977) comm., multicolor
1.2	✓	1707	San Ildefonso Pot	13c (apr 1977) comm., multicolor
1.3	✓	1708	Hopi Pot	13c (apr 1977) comm., multicolor
1.4	✓	1709	Acoma Pot	13c (apr 1977) comm., multicolor

Butterflies

2.1	✓	1712	Oregon Swallowtail Papilio oregonius	13c (jun 1977) comm., multicolor
2.2	✓	1713	Baltimore Checkerspot Euphydryas phaeton	13c (jun 1977) comm., multicolor
3.1	✓	1714	California Dogface Colias eurydice	13c (jun 1977) comm., multicolor
3.2	✓	1714	Orange Tip Anthocharis cardamines	13c (jun 1977) comm., multicolor

Occupations

4.1	✓	1717	Seamstress	13c (jul 1977) comm., multicolor
4.2	✓	1718	Blacksmith	13c (jul 1977) comm., multicolor
5.1	✓	1719	Wheelwright	13c (jul 1977) comm., multicolor
5.2	✓	1720	Leatherworker	13c (jul 1977) comm., multicolor

Energy & Energy Conservation

6.1	✓	1723	Energy Conservation	13c (oct 1977) comm., multicolor
6.2	✓	1724	Energy Development	13c (oct 1977) comm., multicolor

Footnotes

Spot refers to the postion of the stamp on the album page (e.g., 3.2 indicates row 3, position 2).
Amt. is an abbreviation for the face amount of the stamp.
Own indicates the stamp status: ✓ for unused; ✗ for used or canceled; ⭑ signifies I ordered one; ; ✨ indicates it was bought recently; ✠ means an auction bid is pending; and ◎ is used, and it costs too much for unused.
To search by catalog number, go to the search box and enter it in the catalog number box. However, it’s a bit broken; I need to fix it.