Announced by the USPS on November 9, 2026:
America’s many folkloric animals reflect our love of the unknown and odd. The Postal Service’s Mythical Creatures set features five different stamps depicting some regional favorites. At festivals in Mothman’s native West Virginia, attendees often wear “spooky-cute” costumes to evoke this cryptid — a flying, red-eyed, human-size being first reported in 1966. The Jackalope leapt into Western legend after taxidermist brothers in Wyoming created the antlered rabbit mashup in the 1930s. In old Pennsylvania lumbermen’s lore, the self-conscious Squonk wept constantly; today it’s a beloved symbol of anxiety. Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, leaves an outsized impression on the culture — elusive but everywhere, even beyond its Pacific Northwest habitat. Champ, a lake monster of centuries-old legend, has become the mascot for the Lake Champlain region of New York and Vermont. Artist Nat Power digitally drew the creatures and icons representing their environments in bold black linework and vivid colors reminiscent of her tattoo-design work. Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps.
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