United States Postal Service Stamp News

WASHINGTON — With the release of this vibrant stamp, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope as it continues its epic mission to reveal the cosmos as never seen before. A dedication ceremony for the stamp was held today at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum. “The James Webb Space Telescope orbits the sun about a million miles away from our planet. Now it will travel the United States mail system, with the launch of this new Forever stamp,” said Anton Hajjar, U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors vice chairman, who served as the dedicating official. “The Webb...

  What: The U.S. Postal Service continues its tradition of celebrating Hanukkah, the joyous Jewish holiday also known as the Festival of Lights, with the issuance of a new Hanukkah Forever stamp. The first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtag #HanukkahStamp. Who: Lori Dym, USPS managing counsel for procurement and property law When: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, at 11 a.m. ET Where: Temple Emanu El4545 Brainard RoadOrange Village, OH 44022-1503 RSVP: Dedication ceremony attendees are encouraged to RSVP at: usps.com/hanukkah. Background: Hanukkah begins on the 25th of Kislev in...

  What: The U.S. Postal Service will celebrate the centennial of the birth of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz with 10 new fun-filled stamps. In a commemorative mode, characters from his beloved comic strip “Peanuts” adorn the 10 designs on this pane of 20 stamps. They are Charlie Brown, Lucy, Franklin, Sally, Pigpen, Linus, Snoopy (with Woodstock), Schroeder, Peppermint Patty, and Marcie. The first-day-of-issue event for the Charles M. Schulz Forever stamps is free and open to the public. Share the news of the stamp with the hashtag #CharlesMSchulzStamps. Who: Luke Grossmann, USPS finance and strategy senior vice president, will serve as...

SACRAMENTO, CA — The U.S. Postal Service issued its Pony Cars Forever stamps at the Great American Stamp Show today. “My mother had a 1970 Mustang with a 351 cubic inch V8,” said Scott Bombaugh, the Postal Service’s chief technology officer and executive vice president, who served as the dedicating official. “My brother learned to drive in that car, but by the time I was ready to drive, my parents sold the Mustang and had a Pinto wagon. Is it any wonder I have bought two Mustang GTs since then?” Joining Bombaugh at the dedication were Scott English, executive director...

  What: The U.S. Postal Service is dedicating a new Christmas stamp featuring “Virgin and Child,” an oil-on-panel painting from the first half of the 16th century by an unidentified Florentine artist known as “the Master of Scandicci Lamentation.” The first-day-of-issue event for the Forever stamp is free and open to the public for those who have RSVP’d. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #VirginAndChildStamp. Who: Jenny Utterback, the Postal Service’s vice president organization development and dedicating official When: Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, at 11 a.m. ET. Where: Museum of Fine Arts Boston465 Huntington AvenueBoston, MA 02115...