1/22/2021 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service announced the appointment of three members to the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC). Created in 1957, the CSAC selects subjects for recommendation as future stamp issues, made with all postal customers in mind, including stamp collectors. Committee members, appointed by the Postmaster General, provide expertise on history, science […]
1/15/2021 WASHINGTON, DC — Major League Baseball All-Star Yogi Berra was widely known for his colorful comments. Today, he receives a new distinction as the U.S. Postal Service announces several additional stamps to be issued in 2021 featuring him, science fiction and fantasy author Ursula K. Le Guin and artist Emilio Sanchez. Additionally, the Postal […]
National Holiday to Honor the Iconic Civil Rights Leader Post Offices across the country will be closed on Monday, January 18, 2021 as postal employees pause to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Street delivery on Monday will be limited to guaranteed overnight parcels and there will be no collection of mail. King, born in […]
What: The U.S. Postal Service will dedicate stamps honoring pioneering Japanese American artist Ruth Asawa (1926-2013), who is perhaps best known for her intricate abstract wire sculptures. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #RuthAsawaStamps. Who: Sharon Owens, vice president, Pricing and Costing, U.S. Postal Service George Takei, trustee, chair emeritus of […]
These stamps will still be available for purchase on the scheduled first day of issue; special dedication ceremonies may be scheduled later The U.S. Postal Service dedications of the following previously announced Forever stamps will be canceled due to the guidance provided by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) to avoid social gatherings of 10 […]
ORLANDO, FL — The U.S. Postal Service issued the Arnold Palmer Commemorative Forever stamp today to honor the iconic golfer (1929–2016) who rose from humble beginnings to become a champion. The stamp dedication ceremony took place at the Arnold Palmer Invitational presented by Mastercard at the Bay Hill Club & Lodge. “Arnold Palmer was not […]
As the nation gears up for autumn traditions, the Postal Service will release its Spooky Silhouettes stamps Friday, Oct. 11, in time for Halloween. The four stamps feature digital illustrations with Halloween motifs — including a cat, raven, ghosts, spider and bats — rendered as black silhouettes in windows that are backlit with eerily […]
The Postal Service will mark Breast Cancer Awareness Month in October by highlighting its semipostal research stamp. Each year in the United States, about 245,000 cases of breast cancer are diagnosed in women and about 2,200 in men, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. About 41,000 women and 460 men in the […]
Postage stamps, records manipulation, and a clandestine call to report suspicions. It has the makings of a good series to binge watch on a rainy weekend. Instead, it’s a recent audit report on improving the controls around stamp stock at postal retail outlets. And it started with a call to our Hotline to report suspicious […]
Poet Walt Whitman joins literary stamp series HUNTINGTON STATION, NY — The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) today honored the 200th anniversary of the birth of Walt Whitman with a new stamp in its Literary Arts series, commemorating the life, work and words of the poet some revere as the “Father of Modern American Poetry,” at […]