Description

In 1974, the United States Postal Services issued a beautiful set of cpmmemorative stamps with the theme of reading and writing letters, with phrase “Letter mingle souls”, John Donne. The painting on this stamp is “old Time Latter Rack”, by American painter John Frederick Peto (1854-1907). Peto did not earn his living as an artist, and he never had an exhibition at a gallery during his lifetime. His work was rediscovered later in the 20th century – John Donne to Sir Henry Wotton, 1598.