United States Postal Service Stamp News

(USPS) What: The U.S. Postal Service honors the cross-genre writings of Ursula K. Le Guin, the acclaimed science fiction and fantasy author, with the 33rd stamp in its literary series. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #UrsulaKLeGuinstamp. Who: Joseph Corbett, chief financial officer and executive vice president, U.S. Postal Service India Downes-Le Guin, granddaughter of Ursula K. Le Guin When: Tuesday, July 27, 2021, at 11 a.m. PT Where: Evan H. Roberts Sculpture MallPortland Art Museum1119 SW Park AvenuePortland, OR 97205 RSVP: Dedication ceremony attendees are encouraged to RSVP at usps.com/ursulakleguinstamp Background: Born on Oct. 21, 1929, in...

(USPS) What: On Aug. 10, 1821, Missouri was admitted as the 24th state in the Union. In 2021, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates the state’s bicentennial with a new stamp. The first-day-of-issue event for the Missouri Statehood Forever stamp is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtags #MissouriStatehood, #MissouriStatehoodStamp and #Statehoodstamps. Who: Peter Pastre, vice president, Government Relations and Public Policy, U.S. Postal Service, will serve as dedicating official. When: Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at 9 a.m. CDT Where: Missouri State Capitol201 W Capitol Ave.Jefferson City, MO 65101 RSVP: Dedication ceremony attendees are encouraged to...

(USPS) The U.S. Postal Service issued the Yogi Berra stamp today. This Forever stamp was dedicated during a ceremony at the Yogi Berra Museum & Learning Center in Little Falls, NJ, and is now being sold at Post Office locations nationwide and online at usps.com/yogiberrastamp. News about the stamp is being shared on social media using the hashtags #YogiBerraStamp and #BaseballStamps. Followers of the Postal Service’s Facebook and Twitter pages can view the ceremony live on facebook.com/USPS and twitter.com/usps. An additional video will be posted two hours after the ceremony providing more information and insights in telling the story of the stamp subject. “We hope this stamp...

(USPS) The U.S. Postal Service issued the Sun Science stamps today. The Forever stamps were dedicated during a ceremony at the Greenbelt Main Post Office and are now for sale at Post Offices nationwide. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtags #NASASunScience and #SunSciencestamps.“We hope these amazing stamps will help generate the same sense of wonder and curiosity about our star that inspired our ancestors and the scientists at NASA to want to better understand the sun, space, and the myriad of possibilities that exist in our solar system, in our universe and beyond,” said Thomas J....

(USPS) What: New York City’s Times Square will come alive with dancing in the street when the U.S. Postal Service officially unveils its Tap Dance Forever Stamps. The famous Father Duffy Square in the heart of Manhattan’s Theatre District will set the stage for the first-day-of-issue stamp ceremony celebrating this rhythmic stamp series. The ceremony is in conjunction with the Tap It Out, Tap City, New York City Tap Festival. It is free and open to the public. The stamps showcase five photographs of a different tap dancer performing his or her craft against a brightly colored background that highlights...