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World War I: Turning the Tide Stamp
— July 27 | Kansas City, MO | PSA pane of 20This 2018 issuance honors the millions of Americans, both at home and abroad, who participated in World War I, the seminal conflict of the twentieth century. The United States, despite remaining neutral until 1917 and not engaging in major combat until 1918, helped end the four-year global conflict (1914-1918) and emerged from it as a major world power.The stamp art features a close-up of a member of the American Expeditionary Force holding the U.S.
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08/11/18
World War I: Turning the Tide Stamp Black and White Pictorial Postmark
- Issue date July 27, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — WWI Turning the Tide StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline November 27, 2018
08/11/18
World War I: Turning the Tide Stamp Digital Color Pictorial Postmark
- Issue date July 27, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — WWI Turning the Tide StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline November 27, 2018
08/11/18
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Stamp
— July 14 | Bloomington, MN | PSA pane of 12For nearly 50 years, the call “Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!” has summoned the animated Great Dane wherever help is needed. The USPS, in collaboration with Warner Bros. Consumer Products, is now calling on Scooby to appear on a new Forever stamp. Of additional significance, the stamp is part of a campaign highlighting Scooby’s new social responsibility initiative, Scooby-Doo DOO GOOD. His role in this effort is fitting, as Scooby has solved mystery after
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07/23/18
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Stamp Black and White Pictorial Postmark
- Issue date July 14, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Scooby-Doo StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline November 14, 2018
07/23/18
Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Stamp Digital Color Pictorial Postmark
- Issue date July 14, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Scooby-Doo StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline November 14, 2018
07/23/18
O Beautiful Stamps
— July 4 | Colorado Springs, CO | PSA pane of 20With the release of O Beautiful, the Postal Service commemorates the beauty and majesty of the United States through images that correspond with one of the nation’s most beloved songs, “America the Beautiful.” From Wikipedia we learn “America the Beautiful…lyrics were written by Katharine Lee Bates…In 1893, at the age of 33, Bates, an English professor at Wellesley College, had taken a train trip to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to teach a short summ
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07/23/18
O Beautiful Stamps Black and White Pictorial Postmark
- Issue date July 4, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — O Beautiful StampsUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline November 4, 2018
07/23/18
O Beautiful Stamps Digital Color Pictorial Postmark
- Issue date July 4, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — O Beautiful StampsUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline November 4, 2018
07/23/18
$1 Statue Of Freedom Stamp
The $1, $2, and $5 Statue of Freedom stamps offer a modern take on vintage patriotic stamp art for use on packages, large envelopes, and other mailings. The design features the head of the statue that tops the U.S. Capitol dome in artwork based on an engraved vignette originally created for a 1923 stamp ($5 Head of Freedom Statue). The tightly cropped enlargement, rendered in emerald green, indigo, and brick red, highlights the solid and dashed lines as well as the cross-hatching characteristic
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06/30/18