United States Postal Service Stamp News

(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...

(USPS)  What: Put your sleuthing skills to the test with the bright colors and interesting shapes of the new Mystery Message Forever stamp. The U.S. Postal Service offers intrigue and excitement for customers with a stamp that needs deciphering to be fully appreciated. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #MysteryMessageStamps. Who: Hon. Robert M. Duncan, governor, U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors Tamara Christian, president and chief operating officer, International Spy Museum Rebecca Roberts, program curator, Planet Word Museum When: Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at 10 a.m. ET Where: International Spy Museum700 L'Enfant Plaza SWWashington, DC 20024...

(USPS)  A mallard duck is featured on the newest U.S. Postal Service stamped card, available today. The card features a drake in his breeding plumage. The stamp art shows the mallard (Anas platyrhynchos) in pre-existing artwork by famed illustrator and designer Dugald Stermer. He drew this realistic full-body, left-facing profile in pencil, coloring it with a watercolor wash. The card is being issued as a Forever stamped card. Its postage will always be equal to the value of the stamped postcard rate in effect at the time of use, even if the price increases after purchase. One of the world’s...

(USPS) What: The U.S. Postal Service illuminates the light and warmth of our nearest star by highlighting these stunning images of the sun on stamps. These 10 images come from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, a spacecraft launched in February 2010 to keep a constant watch on the sun. The stamps were designed by Antonio Alcalá. Each of these photos has been colorized by NASA to correspond with the wavelengths that reveal specific features of the sun’s activity. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #NASASunScience and #SunSciencestamps. Who: Thomas J. Marshall, general counsel and executive vice president, U.S. Postal Service...