1. Paul Calle was an American artist who was best known for the designs he created for postage stamps, including 40 that were released by the United States Postal Service, and others for stamps issued by the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Sweden and the United Nations.
The sole artist hired by NASA to cover the Apollo 11 astronauts up close, Calle designed the 10-cent stamp that commemorated the first crewed Moon landing; it depicted an astronaut stepping onto the Moon from the lunar module, with the Earth visible over the Moon's horizon.
Paul Calle was born on March 3,1928, in the Manhattan borough of New York City and earned his undergraduate degree from Pratt Institute.
Paul Calle served in the United States Army during the Korean War, doing illustration work.
In 1962, Paul Calle was among the first group selected to participate in the NASA Art Program.
Paul Calle contributed a pair of complementary five-cent stamps issued in 1967 as part of the Accomplishments in Space Commemorative Issue, with the right stamp showing the Gemini 4 space capsule with the Earth's horizon as a backdrop, while the left stamp showed astronaut Ed White making the first American spacewalk.
Paul Calle had been given exclusive access to be with the astronauts on July 16,1969, while they made their final preparations for the Apollo 11 mission.
Together with his son Chris, Paul Calle returned to the subject of space exploration with a pair of stamps issued in 1994 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission and the first human Moon landing.
Paul Calle produced dozens of postage stamp designs, featuring such individuals as Douglas MacArthur and Robert Frost.
Paul Calle was survived by a daughter, two sons and six grandchildren.