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— March 23 | Springfield, IL | PSA Pane of 20Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was known as a beloved television neighbor to generations of children. His groundbreaking public television series “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” inspired and educated young viewers with warmth, sensitivity and honesty. Filmed in Pittsburgh and first distributed nationally in 1968 by a predecessor of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the program was innovative and unlike anything on television for children at that time. Eac …

- Issue date March 23, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Mister Rogers StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline July 23, 2018

- Issue date March 23, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Mister Rogers StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline July 23, 2018

— March 5 | Springfield, IL | PSA pane of 20This stamp celebrates the 200th anniversary of Illinois statehood. The first Europeans to visit Illinois were the French explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette in 1673, but the region was ceded to Britain after the French and Indian War. After the American Revolution, Illinois became a territory of the United States, and achieved statehood on December 3, 1818.The stamp art features an outline of the state map with a series of yellow beams that a …

- Issue date March 5, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Illinois Statehood StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline July 5, 2018

- Issue date March 5, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Illinois Statehood StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline July 5, 2018

— February 22 | Fort Pierce, FL | PSA pane of 20The Bioluminescent Life stamps were issued in Fort Pierce, Fla., home to ORCA, the Ocean Research & Conservation Association. ORCA’s CEO and Senior Scientist is Dr. Edith Widder, who took the photographs that appear on seven of the stamp images.Bioluminescence is the ability of some species to glow, the one with which we are most familiar being the firefly. A thttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bioluminescencewe learn that, in lay terms, the princip …

- Issue date February 22, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Bioluminescent Life StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline June 22, 2018

- Issue date February 22, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Bioluminescent Life StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline June 22, 2018

— February 9 | Fort Lauderdale, FL | PSA booklet of 20 and PSA coil of 100 stampsU.S. stamps picturing the American flag in full color have been available to the public almost continuously since 1957. The first U.S. Flag stamp of 2018 is this new definitive. It is one of two Flag stamps scheduled for 2018—the other being a commemorative stamp celebrating the bicentennial of the Flag Act of 1818.Mailers like to use Flag stamps on their mail, as it is thought they have a better chance of being ope …