It’s Flag Day! On this day in 1777 the Second Continental Congress established the first official American flag. The familiar version of Old Glory that we know today (50 stars) was established in 1960. USPS is very proud of all the stamps issued over the years featuring our beloved Stars and Stripes. Here are just a few of our favorites.
Happy birthday, Joseph Stella! Born June 13, 1877, Stella is best known for his paintings of the Brooklyn Bridge and other iconic New York scenes. One of these paintings, Brooklyn Bridge (1919-20), is included on the Modern Art in America stamp sheet.
Are you a true mountaineer? Let everyone know it with the West Virginia Statehood Forever stamp, available for pre-order now at usps.com/stamps. Montani semper liberi!
Johnny Cash’s stamp goes on sale today. The late-great country music icon joins an impressive group of musicians immortalized by the USPS, including the Beatles, Miles Davis and Buddy Holly. Take a look at a selection of artists who have been honored with their own postage stamp through the years.
A great look at some of the many musical stamps issued over the years. Get your Johnny Cash stamp today!
We found the painting that appeared on the 2012 #stamp: “Flowers” by William H. Johnson. #art (at Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Happy World Turtle Day! We’re celebrating today with a look at the ornate box turtle, which was featured on a stamp in 2003. This turtle has an important adaptation that protects it from predators—it can close its shell completely because it has a hinged plastron (lower shell).
Happy birthday, James Stewart! Born on May 20, 1908, Stewart is remembered as the hero in classic American movies such as Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939), The Philadelphia Story (1940), and Rear Window (1954). His naturalistic acting style, lanky physique, and slow, drawling speech made him seem more “real” than his contemporaries.
“MR. SMITH GOES TO WASHINGTON” © 1939, renewed 1967 Columbia Pictures Industries, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Courtesy of Columbia Pictures.
We can never get enough Edith Piaf.
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This beautiful aster seed packet was used to create one of the Vintage Seed Packets #stamps. We can’t get enough #flowers lately!
Let’s dance! Celebrate International Dance Day with the Innovative Choreographers stamps. These Forever® stamps honor four visionaries who forever changed the art of dance: Isadora Duncan, José Limón, Katherine Dunham, and Bob Fosse. Although the stamps were issued in 2012, they are still available at usps.com/stamps.
