United States Postal Service Stamp News

PORTLAND, CT — The U.S. Postal Service today issued four new Presorted First-Class Mail stamps featuring striking photographs of bridges. The structures range from modern to historic, pedestrian to car-carrying, and all are important landmarks in their communities. The Bridges stamps are intended for business mail users and are sold in self-adhesive coils of 3,000 and 10,000. Use of these stamps requires a special permit and a minimum quantity of 500 letters.  The stamp art features four bridges completed between 1938 and 2022: the multi-span steel through arch Arrigoni Bridge connecting the Connecticut municipalities of Middletown and Portland; the S-curved...

CLEVELAND — A dedication ceremony for new Thinking of You stamps was held today in partnership with the American Philatelic Society at the Great American Stamp Show in Cleveland. The 20-stamp sheet features whimsical artwork and stickers with messages of encouragement for use on envelopes. “Think, for a moment, how wonderful it feels to receive a card for the special milestones in life — birthdays, holidays, birth announcements, invitations to weddings and parties and everything we love to celebrate with our friends and loved ones,” said Cara Greene, controller and vice president of the Postal Service. “As you use these Thinking of You stamps,...

CLEVELAND — A dedication ceremony for Life Magnified stamps was held today in partnership with the American Philatelic Society at the Great American Stamp Show in Cleveland. The 20 stamps feature otherworldly images of some of the smallest components of life as we know it. “Usually, we shrink images to fit on a postage stamp. In this case, we have enlarged the images to postage-stamp size — that doesn’t happen often,” said Luke Grossmann, senior vice president of finance and strategy for the Postal Service. “There’s a famous adage, ‘The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know.’ As these stamps show,...

ATLANTA — The U.S. Postal Service today celebrated the life and legacy of Rep. John Lewis (1940-2020), an American hero and key figure in some of the most pivotal moments of the Civil Rights Movement, by issuing a Forever stamp with his portrait. A dedication ceremony for the stamp was held today at Morehouse College. News about the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #JohnLewis. Followers of the Postal Service’s YouTube page can view the ceremony live at John Lewis Commemorative Forever® Stamp Dedication Ceremony - YouTube. An additional video will be posted two hours after the ceremony providing more information...

BIRD CITY, KS — On Sunday the Postal Service will issue the Northern Cardinal stamped envelope in Bird City, KS. This stamped envelope is designed for convenient, pre-paid correspondence by customers. This highly realistic stamp art is based on photographs and features an illustration of a northern cardinal perching on an evergreen branch. The northern cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) is one of the most popular songbirds native to North America. Seven states have chosen it as their state bird—more than any other species. Male cardinals are immediately recognizable by their crimson-colored feathers and black facial markings while the females are a...