Iron Maiden honored with official Royal Mail stamps
Iron Maiden fans are very passionate. I bet you they would literally run to the hills to get the latest Royal Mail official commemorative stamps.
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The US Postal Service issues Peanuts stamp of approval
The US Postal Service's new Peanuts stamps celebrate the centennial birth of Charles M. Schulz, the stamps reflect Schulz's rich imagination and great humanity.
U.S. Postal Service gives the stamp of approval featuring iconic Buzz Lightyear
"Go Beyond" is a pane of 20 stamps arranged in four horizontal rows of five stamps featuring the image of Buzz Lightyear, a Space Ranger marooned on a planet 4.2 million light-years from Earth. Greg Breeding was the art director using illustrations from Pixar Animation Studios.
U.S. Postal Service unveils Shel Silverstein “The Giving Tree”stamp for 2022
The extraordinarily versatile Shel Silverstein (1930–1999) was one of the 20th century's most imaginative authors and illustrators. His picture book "The Giving Tree" and his quirky poetry collections are beloved by children everywhere. The stamp art features a version of the illustration of a boy catching an apple that appears on the cover of "The Giving Tree." Published in 1964, the best-selling tale of selflessness is considered a children's literature classic. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp.
U.S. Postal Service commemorates the Day of the Dead
The U.S. Postal Service commemorates the Day of the Dead, an increasingly popular holiday in the United States, with the release of four new Forever stamps. A dedication ceremony for the stamps was held today at the El Paso Museum of Art.
US Postal Service Releases Set of Sun Science Stamps
The USPS celebrates the most important heavenly body in the sky. The sun. The postal service uses images from NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory to illustrate different solar phenomena.
Scratch-and-sniff stamps
U.S. Postal Service releasing a series of scratch-and-sniff icy pops on stick stamps.
Star Trek Forever
Star Trek Forever stamps. Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the television premiere, the new Star Trek Forever stamps showcase four digital illustrations inspired by classic elements of the television program: the Starship Enterprise inside the outline of a Starfleet insignia against a gold background; the silhouette of a crewman in a transporter against a red […]
50th Anniversary ‘Charlie Brown Christmas’ Stamps
Christmas is only official when “Charlie Brown Christmas” airs somewhere a few days before December 25th. This year Christmas comes a bit earlier on October 1st. The U.S. Postal Service begins celebrating the holiday season by dedicating the Charlie Brown Christmas Forever stamps Oct. 1. The booklet of 20 stamps features 10 still frames from […]
Post Office Has Homer D’oh Moment
Seems everybody loves “The Simpsons” in the whole world. According to the Washington Post, the U.S. Postal Service printed 1 billion of “Simpsons” stamps. They only sold 318 million units. This could only mean two things, people do not like the Simpsons that much or maybe people don’t use snail mail. “If the Postal Service can’t […]
Beyond the Stamp
Can snail mail interesting? Not quite, Molly Rausch paints extended scenes around the edges of postage stamps. Her out of bounds landscapes brings life to the boring old stamp. Tony M.If this article made you think, brought back a memory, or made you see something differently, I’d love to hear from you. Send me an […]
British Comic Stamps
The Royal Mail created special series of stamps for this March celebrating Britain’s most famous comic books. The characters included are: The Dandy (with Desperate Dan), The Beano (Dennis the Menace), Eagle (Dan Dare), Topper (Beryl the Peril), Tiger (Roy of the Rovers), Bunty (The Four Marys), Buster (Hugh McNeill version of Buster), Valiant (The […]