Neon Celebrate! helps postal patrons acknowledge a host of happy occasions. The first stamp art to be made with neon, Neon Celebrate! depicts the word “Celebrate!” in a design reminiscent of a fireworks display. Brilliantly colored images of swirls, circles, and dashes seem to erupt from the ground ..
The five lighthouses honored in 2013 are: Portland Head, Cape Elizabeth, Maine. Portsmouth Harbor, New Castle, New Hampshire. Point Judith, Narragansett, Rhode Island. New London Harbor, New London, Connecticut. Boston Harbor, Boston, Massachusetts.The stamp art for each of the lighthouses is a pain..
Celebrate space exploration with this new OSIRIS-REx stamp from the U.S. Postal Service.
The stamp shows a capsule containing a sample of the asteroid Bennu parachuting down to Earth. This is the final step in NASA’s 7-year mission to study and map the asteroid. The sample will help scientists lear..
Otters in Snow, a new booklet of 20 stamps from the U.S. Postal Service, features four different scenes of the alert and playful North American river otter reveling in winter's white landscape.With original illustrations rendered in pen and ink with watercolor, the stamps are arranged in blocks of f..
This Christmas stamp issued by the U.S. Postal Service features a detail of Our Lady of Guápulo, an 18th-century oil painting. Enrobed in a pyramidal gown speckled with jewels and holding a scepter woven with roses and leaves, a crowned Virgin Mary looks down at a similarly adorned Christ Child in h..
During the Panama-Pacific Exposition of 1915, a number of impressive buildings were constructed. The designer intended them to slowly degrade and resemble ancient Rome by the end of the exposition as he believed every big city should have some ruins. However, one building still exists today (thoug..
The U.S. Postal Service will issue the Patriotic Spiral First-Class Forever stamp in booklets of 10.This festive and energetic stamp design features 50 blue and red stars spiraling around a central gold star on a white background. The idea for the design was to illustrate a community of stars protec..
Americans love their pets – in 2015 alone, over 60 billion dollars was spent to purchase and care for them. In the United States, over 312 million dogs, cats, birds, horses, fish, reptiles and other small animals are kept as pets and companions.Many people adopt pets for companionship, but the..
Add a splash of fiesta fun to your mail with Pinatas Forever Stamps 2023 in a booklet of 20 from the U.S. Postal Service. Two stamps feature different donkey piñatas with purple or green backgrounds. Pink or orange backgrounds showcase piñatas with different 7-point stars. With these stamps you will..
These stamps celebrate five iconic U.S. automobiles—the 1969 Ford Mustang Boss 302, the 1970 Dodge Challenger R/T, the 1969 Chevrolet Camaro Z/28, the 1967 Mercury Cougar XR-7 GT, and the 1969 AMC Javelin SST. Painted using oil paint on panels, the stamp artwork, with bold colors and dramatic light,..
The U.S. Postal Service® continues to honor the sacrifices of the men and women who serve in the U.S. military with the issuance of the Purple Heart Medal Stamp 2019 stamp that depicts the medal suspended from its purple and white ribbon. The Purple Heart is awarded in the name of the president..
Noteworthy railroad stations began brightening the American landscape by the 1870s and, although many fell to the wrecking ball once they had outlived their original purpose, hundreds survived. This issuance of five different stamps features five architectural gems that continue to play an important..