USPS has commissioned marine artist Donald Demers once again for a historic painting in Commemoration of our 90th Anniversary.

Orders for one of our 750 limited edition prints – signed and numbered by the artist – can be made at our Governing Board Meetings or by sending your order to P/C Charles Schuler, SN. A first and second rendition of the painting, a history of the event and complete ordering information may be found by following this link.

Mr. Demers, who will also oversee the prints, is very enthusiastic about the painting and expects to have it finished in 2003.. In order to do justice to the scene, we have been told that the final work will be close to two feet by three feet in size.

Seven hundred and fifty prints will be offered for sale at $200 each plus $10 for shipping. Fifty Limited Edition Prints, with remarquing (an additional sketch on the mat board by the artist) have already been sold for $300 each plus $10 for shipping. It should be added that these limited edition prints, signed and numbered by the artist, are expected to increase in value.

The original painting will be officially presented to USPS at the 90th Anniversary party which then Chief Commander G. Leslie Johnson, SN, has set for Saturday, 3 April 2004 at the New York Yacht Club in New York City. The event will be reported in
The ENSIGN.

The prints of the painting entitled, The Great Rescue, 1912 are expected to be ready for shipment in March 2004 Mail orders are being accepted now.

Renowned marine artist Don Demers has been commissioned once again by USPS to paint a historic scene from USPS history. Entitled, “The Great Rescue”, it depicts a 1912 scene in which power boats under the command of USPS founder Roger Upton, are shown rescuing 40 wind­jammers during a great storm which occurred during a Boston Yacht Club cruise. A large number of historic photographs (taken by Nathanial L. Stebbins, a noted marine photographer of the day and the first secretary of the Power Squadron of the BYC) and 1912 magazine articles provided by the New York Yacht Club library, served as a basis for the painting.