U.S. Announces Many 2020 Issues
The subjects include golfer Arnold Palmer, journalist Gwen Ifill, lots of garden goodies, Women Suffrage, Earth Day and Hip Hop. Oh, and the Mayflower landing at Plymouth. Details and the stamp designs are here.
Our 2020 U.S. stamp program grid is here.
The Postal Service planned a varied program, with everything from flags to fairs to flowers to frogs. The “headliners” included Marvin Gaye, Gregory Hines, Transcontinental Railroad, Woodstock, Sesame Street, Walt Whitman, Moon Landing and a great battleship, the USS Missouri. But Smokey Bear was left up a tree and D-Day never made it to shore. And there was only one Christmas issue this year. The 2019 program appears to finished — but you never know.
Our 2019 U.S. stamp program grid is here.
Last Updated: January 15: Adds USPS order number for a "Rivers" 2020 calendar.
U.S. Postal Chief To Retire
After a tempestuous five years, Postmaster General Megan Brennan will retire early in 2020. The story is here.
New Name For Summer Stamp Event
“APS StampShow/ATA National Topical Stamp Show” was cumbersome enough. With the addition of the first day cover show, it would have been "APS StampShow/ATA National Topical Stamp Show/AFDCS Americover.” Instead, it will be called “Great American Stamp Show.” Read more here.
Royal Mail Shuffles Off To Gruffalo
The British postal agency salutes a beloved children’s book with a set of stamps.
Australia Celebrates Marriage Equality
The country recognized same-sex marriage two years ago. Australia Post celebrates the anniversary.
Hallelujah! Canada Issues Leonard Cohen Stamps
It's the latest honor for the singer-songwriter, who died three years ago. Read more here.
Rocketman Stamps Touch Down in Britain
Britain is celebrating one of its most influential musical artists with stamps. His first album was released 50 years ago. Details and pictures are here.
Canada Announces 2020 Stamps
The subjects include holidays, flowers, black history, World War I and II commemorations, medicine, and travel posters.
Hotchner: Getting Started on Getting Started
If you’re here at The VSC because you’re interested in collecting stamps, veteran columnist and collector John Hotchner has tips on how to get started in the 21st Century.
Netherlands Celebrates Fall Foliage
PostNL says Autumn is a great time for a walk in the forest, and has new stamps to prove it.
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And here’s the reason for the change.
Quotable:
"I think that there's room for fun in the program, but it has to be balanced with a respect for what we're doing here."
— Bill Gicker, Acting Manager, Stamp Services, U.S. Postal Service
Last Updated February 5, 2020
