The U.S. Postal Service held a first-day-of-issue ceremony for its new Lowriders stamps at the Logan Heights Library in San Diego. With this issuance, USPS celebrates lowrider car culture, rooted in working-class Mexican American/Chicano communities throughout the American Southwest.
“A lowrider is a masterpiece of engineering and artistry, a rolling canvas of art,” said Gary Barksdale, the Postal Service’s chief postal inspector, who served as the dedicating official. “They are often painted with murals that tell stories of family, faith and history The lowrider culture is about creating a space to celebrate pride, a sense of belonging and building a community that is always there for each other.”
Lowriding took off in the 1970s, but it was born in East Los Angeles and the Southwest borderlands in the 1940s.
These stamps feature photographs by Philip Gordon of “Let the Good Times Roll/Soy Como Soy,” a blue 1946 Chevrolet Fleetline, and “Pocket Change,” a green 1987 Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme; and photographs by Humberto “Beto” Mendoza of “Eight Figures,” a blue 1958 Chevrolet Impala, “The Golden Rose,” an orange 1964 Chevrolet Impala, and “El Rey,” a red 1963 Chevrolet Impala.
The stamps are available at Post Office locations nationwide and online at usps.com/shopstamps.
