United States Postal Service Stamp News

(USPS) “These Forever stamps will add elegance to any correspondence,” said dedicating official Isaac Cronkhite, USPS chief human resources officer and executive vice president. “The artwork is beautiful and there is a nice variety of fruits and vegetables featured on the stamps, including some of my favorites, like strawberries and heirloom tomatoes.” Cronkhite was joined for the ceremony by Nichole Greene-Jenkins, executive director of Capitol Market in Charleston, WV, which stands on the site of a railroad depot dating back to the late 1800s. The virtual stamp event can be viewed on the Postal Service’s Facebook and Twitter pages. Art...

(USPS) The stamps were dedicated during a virtual ceremony hosted by Gary Barksdale, Chief Postal Inspector, U.S. Postal Inspection Service; Rocky Bucano, executive director of the Universal Hip Hop Museum; and legendary hip-hop pioneer Kurtis Blow. The virtual stamp event can be viewed on the Postal Service’s Facebook and Twitter pages. “With our latest stamps, the Postal Service is excited to highlight four elements of hip-hop: DJing, graffiti art, MCing and b-boy,” said Barksdale. “It is important to note that socially conscious community leaders and artists have dedicated their energy to educating and preserving these four elements of hip-hop.” The pane of...

(USPS) The U.S. Postal Service celebrates the many ways we appreciate the natural world with the release today of the new Enjoy the Great Outdoors stamps. To salute Great Outdoors Month, these Forever stamps are being dedicated during a virtual ceremony hosted by John M. Barger, U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors, and David Vela, deputy director, National Park Service. The virtual stamp event can be found on the Postal Service’s Facebook and Twitter pages. “The American people have been blessed with an amazing country ‘from sea to shining sea,’ a vast nation with a Great Outdoors of national parks...

(USPS) With a nod to the Harlem Renaissance of the 1920s, the U.S. Postal Service on May 21 is issuing new postage stamps honoring the lives and legacies of four of the movement’s greatest voices: novelist Nella Larsen; writer, philosopher, educator and arts advocate Alain Locke; bibliophile and historian Arturo Alfonso Schomburg; and poet Anne Spencer.  The Postal Service has canceled the first-day-of-issue ceremony for the Voices of the Harlem Renaissance stamps due to social distancing guidance. News of the stamps is being shared using the hashtags #HarlemRenaissanceStamps and #HarlemRenaissance.The stamps feature stylized pastel portraits of the four honorees, based on historic photographs....

(USPS) The natural beauty of American gardens is being celebrated by the U.S. Postal Service by issuing stamps that feature gardens ranging from botanical to country estate and municipal gardens. All the gardens featured on the 10 stamps are open to the public. The American Gardens Forever stamps are available for purchase nationwide May 13. The first-day-of-issue ceremony has been canceled due to social distancing guidance. However, on May 14 the American Public Gardens Association will be celebrating the issuance of the stamps as part of National Public Gardens Week with a webinar that includes a virtual reveal of the...