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Congratulations to Nola Gelling, this year’s Grand Winner of the Postal History Foundation’s Annual Tucson Birthday Stamp Design Contest!




Nola grew up drawing in her mother’s studio and loves to create. Her family enjoys exploring the Sonoran desert and they like to try to find cristate or crested saguaros. Her colorful drawing of one of the famous cristate saguaros in Sabino Canyon is an eye-catcher with the beautiful blue Tucson sky in the background. Nola used pencils, markers, and acrylic paint to create this colorful work of art that reminds us of why we love Tucson. “A lot of people know about Sabino Canyon but not a lot of people know about the Sabino Canyon Fan, cristate saguaro,” said Nola.



The top five winners from three age groups were given awards and prizes today at the ceremony. Every student was given a Bookmans gift certificate (donated by Bookmans), collectable stamps, and other prizes.

You can order these custom stamps and custom decorative envelopes by mail (order form here [pdf]), by phone, or online with a credit card. The proceeds benefit the Stamp Discovery Education Program at the Postal History Foundation.

A gallery of all the winning entries of 2019:
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