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2012 Stamps Yearbook Debuts Free Online Supplement

USPS Stamps wrote 6 months ago: For more than a decade, USPS has produced a collectible book to commemorate the subjects and stories … more →

Tags: Collector's Items, General Interest, Philatelic Products, Yearbook

Willie Stargell Wins Stamps Batted In Pennant Race

USPS Stamps wrote 6 months ago: Congratulations to the San Francisco Giants for taking the World Series! Fans of Willie Stargell can … more →

Tags: Baseball, major league baseball all stars, Sports, Baseball, Major League Baseball, MLB, pirates, Willie Stargell, World Series

Happy Birthday to Poet Denise Levertov

Mary wrote 6 months ago: Happy birthday, Denise Levertov! One of ten poets featured on the Twentieth-Century Poets stamp shee … more →

Tags: literature, Poetry & Literature, Poetry, Twentieth Century Poets, Denise Levertov, Pleasures

Environmentalist Lady Bird Johnson To Be Immortalized on Stamp1 comment

USPS Stamps wrote 7 months ago: Forty-seven years ago today, Congress signed into law the Highway Beautification Act of 1965, known … more →

Tags: Stamp Issuances, Science & Nature, Lady Bird Johnson, forever stamps, Nature, Texas, Flowers, First lady, Wildflowers

Holy Family & Santa and Sleigh: Some of Our Favorite Links

Mary wrote 7 months ago: Are you ready for the holidays? Well, we are, and we kicked off the start of the holiday season last … more →

Tags: Links of the week, Christmas, Holy Family, santa and sleigh, holiday stamps

Vintage Children's Books Helped Inspire Santa and Sleigh Stamps

USPS Stamps wrote 7 months ago: The first thing artist Paul Rogers did after being asked to design a holiday stamp showing a “tradit … more →

Tags: Stamp Artists, Holidays, santa and sleigh, forever stamps, Christmas, Santa (Claus), Childhood, Illustration, Paul Rogers

Painting Our Pastime: An Interview With Artist Graig Kreindler

asiegel05 wrote 7 months ago: Play Ball! A Celebration of Baseball’s Greatest Moments—a 40-page softbound book that showcase … more →

Tags: Baseball, major league baseball all stars, Philatelic Products, Sports, Stamp Issuances, Play Ball!, Artist, Baseball, Collectibles

Favorite Links of the Week: More buzz for Earthscapes, new Christmas Stamps debut

asiegel05 wrote 7 months ago: It’s Friday, which means it’s time for our roundup of stamp stories this week. Berkeley, … more →

Tags: earthscapes, Links of the week, santa and sleigh, Aerial Views, Bird's Eye View, NASA, philately, Photography

Mail by Satellite? New Earthscapes Stamps Feature Landsat 7 Images

Mary wrote 7 months ago: Two of the fifteen new Earthscapes stamps feature images taken by Landsat 7, a remote-sensing satell … more →

Tags: Science & Nature, Space, earthscapes, forever stamps, Space, Satellite, NASA, Agriculture, Landstat 7

Earthscapes Stamps Kick Off National Stamp Collecting Month2 comments

USPS Stamps wrote 7 months ago: Thank you to everyone who came out to NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, thi … more →

Tags: Science & Nature, Space, earthscapes, forever stamps, Photography, landscape, First Day of Issue ceremony, Satellite, NASA

Favorite Links of the Week: Earthscapes Redux

Clare wrote 7 months ago: It’s that time of the week again, and there’s been so much buzz about the new Earthscape … more →

Tags: Links of the week, earthscapes, forever stamps, Photography, First Day of Issue ceremony, Satellite, NASA, Aerial Views, Bird's Eye View

Poet Wallace Stevens & The Power of Imagination

Mary wrote 7 months ago: Poet Wallace Stevens was born on this day in 1879. An elegant and playful writer, Stevens—who had a … more →

Tags: Art & Photography, Philatelic Products, Poetry & Literature, forever stamps, Literature, Wallace Stevens, Letters, Twentieth Century Poets, Poems

Earthscapes Stamps Picture Our World in a New Way

Mary wrote 7 months ago: Today we are very pleased to announce the release of Earthscapes, a set of 15 stamps that celebrate … more →

Tags: Art & Photography, Science & Nature, earthscapes, forever stamps, first day of issue, landscape, Satellite, airplane, photograph

Favorite Links of the Week: An Earthscapes Roundup

Mary wrote 7 months ago: The Earthscapes stamps may not be released until October 1, but the Interwebs are already abuzz with … more →

Tags: earthscapes, Links of the week, Aerial Views, Agriculture, Earth, forever stamps, Nature, Photography, Urban Life

O. Henry: The Life of an American Phenomenon

USPS Stamps wrote 7 months ago: O. Henry, whose Forever® stamp is now available online and in Post Offices nationwide, may have been … more →

Tags: literature, Fiction, forever stamps, o. henry, Short Stories, william sydney porter, writer

Sending Love on Love Note Day

USPS Stamps wrote 7 months ago: Writing expressions of love to the people in your life who matter most is a truly wonderful gesture … more →

Tags: General Interest, letter-writing, forever stamps, Happy, Letters, Love, Love Note Day, love ribbons, notes

Purple Heart Stamp Redesigned for 2012

USPS Stamps wrote 7 months ago: 2011 Purple Heart with Ribbon Those of you with an astute eye will have noticed that the 2012 Purple … more →

Tags: General Interest, Design, forever stamps, Honor, Jennifer Arnold, Purple Heart medal

Miles Davis: Feeling the Pulse

USPS Stamps wrote 7 months ago: When his fingers were pressing the valves of his trumpet, they might as well have been on America … more →

Tags: African-Americans, Music & Performing Arts, forever stamps, Culture, jazz, Miles Davis, Edith Piaf, trumpet, ~Musician~

Four Flags Now Available in ATM Booklet of 18 Stamps

USPS Stamps wrote 8 months ago: Beginning today, the popular Four Flags stamps are available as ATM booklets of 18 stamps. Each of t … more →

Tags: General Interest, Philatelic Products, american flag, ATM booklets, Equality, forever stamps, Four Flags, Freedom, Justice


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