Announced by the USPS on May 3^rd:

Celebrate NASA’s remarkable James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most complex telescope ever deployed in space—capable of peering directly into the early cosmos and studying every phase of cosmic history. Launched on Dec. 25, 2021, Webb now orbits the Sun about a million miles away from Earth.

The image on the stamp is an artist’s digitally created depiction of the telescope against a dazzling starscape. The selvage photograph of a star and distant space was taken by Webb early in its mission, brilliantly confirming the perfect alignment of the telescope’s 18 mirror segments.

Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp using existing art by James Vaughan and an image provided by NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute.

Additional information will be posted below the line, with the most recent info near the top.

Updated October 4^th:
The Scott catalogue number for this issue is 5720.

Updated July 28^th:
Here are the first-day postmarks for this issue:The Digital Color Postmark measures 2.60″ x 1.19″ The B&W pictorial measures 2.74″ x 1.18″

Updated July 28^th from the Postal Bulletin:
On September 8, 2022, in Washington, DC, the United States Postal Service® will issue the James Webb Space Telescope stamp (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 482700). This stamp will go on sale nationwide September 8, 2022, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.

Celebrate NASA’s remarkable James Webb Space Telescope (Webb), the largest and most complex telescope ever deployed in space — capable of peering directly into the early cosmos and studying every phase of cosmic history. Launched on December 25, 2021, Webb now orbits the Sun about a million miles away from Earth.

The image on the stamp is an artist’s digitally created depiction of the telescope against a dazzling starscape. The selvage image of a star and distant space was taken by Webb early in its mission, brilliantly confirming the perfect alignment of the telescope’s 18 mirror segments. Art director Derry Noyes was the designer for the stamp project using existing art by James Vaughan and an image provided by NASA/STScI.

No automatic distribution.

How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark:
Customers have 120 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™ or at The Postal Store® website at store.usps.com/store/home. They must affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

FDOI – James Webb Space Telescope Stamp
USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services
8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64144-9900

After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service™ will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark up to a quantity of 50. There is a 5-cent charge for each additional postmark over 50. All orders must be postmarked by January 8, 2023.

Technical Specifications:

Issue: James Webb Space Telescope Stamp
Item Number: 482700
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever
Format: Pane of 20
Issue Date & City: September 8, 2022, Washington, DC 20066
Art Director: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Designer: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Existing Art: James Vaughan, Kent, OH
Modeler: Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn
Manufacturing Process: Offset, Microprint
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Press Type: Gallus RCS
Stamps per Pane: 20
Print Quantity: 30,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Phosphor, Block Tag
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 1.42 x 0.84 in/36.068 x 21.336 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 1.56 x 0.98 in/39.624 x 24.892 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 7.5 x 7.77 in/190.5 x 197.358 mm
Press Sheet Size (w x h): 15.54 x 22.5 in/394.716 x 571.5 mm
Plate Size: 120 stamps per revolution
Plate Number: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
Marginal Markings:
Front: Header “James Webb Space Telescope” • Plate number in bottom two corners
Back: ©2022 USPS • USPS logo • Two barcodes (482700) • USPS LOGO • Promotional text • Plate position diagram (6)

Updated July 26^th:
[ceremony details] [click on any of the pictures for larger versions]
USPS Celebrates James Webb Space Telescope
Device Seeks to Answer Age-Old Questions As It Reveals New Cosmic Mysteries

What: The James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most sensitive ever launched, can peer to the limits of the known universe.

The U.S. Postal Service will celebrate this remarkable device with the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope Forever stamp.

Art director Derry Noyes was the designer for the stamp, using existing art by James Vaughan and an image provided by NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute.

The first-day-of-issue event is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtag #WebbTelescopeStamp.

Who: Anton Hajjar, vice chairman, U.S. Postal Service Board of Governors

When: Thursday, Sept. 8, 2022, at 11 a.m. ET

Where: Smithsonian National Postal Museum
2 Massachusetts Ave NE
Washington, DC 20002-4945

RSVP: Dedication ceremony attendees are encouraged to RSVP at: usps.com/webbtelescope.

Background: The U.S. Postal Service celebrates NASA’s remarkable James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most complex telescope ever deployed in space — capable of peering directly into the early cosmos and studying every phase of cosmic history.

Its gold-coated mirror segments form a 21-foot-wide lens that captures faint infrared rays from billions of light-years away that represent the universe’s first accessible starlight. Revealed is the universe in its infancy, including galaxy formation. The Webb Telescope can also analyze exoplanets for potentially life-supporting conditions and provide unprecedentedly high-resolution views of our own solar system.

The heat-sensitive telescope must operate in extreme cold. From its orbit of the sun about a million miles from Earth, it is constantly positioned above the planet’s night side, orienting its optics and instruments in perpetual shade from the sun and Earth behind its tennis-court-size solar shield.

Launched on Christmas Day 2021, the telescope represents multinational cooperation of NASA and the European and Canadian space agencies.

During the telescope’s expected five- to 10-year mission, scientists anticipate answers to age-old questions — plus introductions to new cosmic mysteries.

The image on the stamp is an artist’s digitally created depiction of the telescope against a dazzling starscape. The selvage image of a star and distant space was taken by the telescope early in its mission, brilliantly confirming the perfect alignment of the telescope’s 18 mirror segments.

The James Webb Space Telescope stamp is being issued as a Forever stamp in panes of 20. This Forever stamp is always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.

Preorders for the James Webb Space Telescope Forever stamp can be made online at usps.com/stampsbeginning August 8.

Updated June 15^th:
This stamp will be issued September 8th with a Washington, DC postmark.

Updated May 13^th:
The telescope is expected to go into operation in June 2022. Could this stamp be issued then?

Announced by the USPS on May 3^rd:

New stamps salute the centennial of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000) whose “Peanuts” characters are some of the best known and most beloved in all of American culture. For five decades, Schulz alone wrote and drew nearly 18,000 strips, the last one published the day after he died. Each character reflects Schulz’s rich imagination and great humanity. His resonant stories found humor in life’s painful realities including rejection, insecurity and unrequited love.

In a celebratory mode, characters from “Peanuts” adorn 10 designs on this pane of 20 stamps and form a frame around a 1987 photograph of Schulz.

Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamps from Schulz’s artwork and an existing photograph by Douglas Kirkland.

Additional information will be posted below the line, with the most recent info near the top.

Updated December 1^st:
The Scott Catalog numbers for this issue are

• 5726 pane of 20, 2 each #5726a-5726j
• a. (60¢) Charlie Brown
• b. (60¢) Lucy
• c. (60¢) Franklin
• d. (60¢) Sally
• e. (60¢) Pigpen
• f. (60¢) Linus
• g. (60¢) Snoopy and Woodstock
• h. (60¢) Schroeder
• i. (60¢) Peppermint Patty
• j. (60¢) Marcie
• k. As #5726, imperforate
• l. As #5726a, imperforate
• m. As #5726b, imperforate
• n. As #5726c, imperforate
• o. As #5726d, imperforate
• p. As #5726e, imperforate
• q. As #5726f, imperforate
• r. As #5726g, imperforate
• s. As #5726h, imperforate
• t. As #5726i, imperforate
• u. As #5726j, imperforate

Updated August 30^th:

On September 30, 2022, in Santa Rosa, CA, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Charles M. Schulz stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in 10 designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 561700). These stamps will go on sale nationwide September 30, 2022, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue. The Charles M. Schulz pane of 20 stamps may not be split and the stamps may not be sold individually.

With 10 fun-filled new stamps, the Postal Service salutes cartoonist Charles M. Schulz on his birth centennial. In a celebratory mode, characters from his beloved comic strip Peanuts adorn the 10 designs on this pane of 20 stamps:

• Charlie Brown,
• Lucy,
• Franklin,
• Sally,
• Pigpen,
• Linus,
• Snoopy (with Woodstock),
• Schroeder,
• Peppermint Patty, and
• Marcie.

The characters form a frame around a 1987 photograph of the cartoonist whose vivid imagination gave great humor and humanity to Peanuts. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp issuance, using artwork by Charles M. Schulz and an existing photograph by Douglas Kirkland.

No automatic distribution.

How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark:
Customers have 120 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™ or at The Postal Store® website at store.usps.com/store/home. They must affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

FDOI – Charles M. Schulz Stamps
USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services
8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64144-9900

After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark up to a quantity of 50. There is a 5-cent charge for each additional postmark over 50. All orders must be postmarked by January 30, 2023.

Technical Specifications:

Issue: Charles M. Schulz Stamps
Item Number: 561700
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever
Format: Pane of 20 (10 designs)
Issue Date & City: September 30, 2022, Santa Rosa, CA 95402
Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
Designer: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
Existing Art: Charles M. Schulz
Existing Photo: Douglas Kirkland
Modeler: Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn
Manufacturing Process: Offset
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Press Type: Gallus, RCS
Stamps per Pane: 20
Print Quantity: 50,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Phosphor, Block Tagged
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Banknote Corporation of America
Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.84 x 1.42 in./21.336 x 36.068 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 0.98 x 1.56 in./24.892 x 39.624 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 6.91 x 7.27 in./175.514 x 184.658 mm
Press Sheets Size (w x h): 13.82 x 21.81 in./351.028 x 553.974 mm
Plate Size: 120 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
Marginal Markings:
Front: SCHULZ • CHARLES M. SCHULZ CENTENNIAL 2022 • Plate number in four corners
Back: PEANUTS Characters © Peanuts Worldwide LLC | ©2022 USPS • USPS logo • Two barcodes (561700) • Promotional text • Plate position diagram (6)

Here are the first-day postmarks for this issue: The DCP measures 2.94″ x 1.11″ The pictorial postmark measures 2.73″ x 1.25″.

Updated June 15^th:
These stamps will be issued September 30 with a Santa Rosa, CA postmark.

[press release] [issue titles link to the page for that issue]
U.S. Postal Service Reveals More Stamps for 2022
Peanuts, Holidays and Space Exploration Featured

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service has announced several additions to the 2022 stamp program first announced last fall. All stamp designs are preliminary and subject to change. Additional details, including issue dates and locations, will be announced later.

Charles M. Schulz [Click for more information on this issue]
New stamps salute the centennial of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz (1922–2000) whose “Peanuts” characters are some of the best known and most beloved in all of American culture. For five decades, Schulz alone wrote and drew nearly 18,000 strips, the last one published the day after he died. Each character reflects Schulz’s rich imagination and great humanity. His resonant stories found humor in life’s painful realities including rejection, insecurity and unrequited love.

In a celebratory mode, characters from “Peanuts” adorn 10 designs on this pane of 20 stamps and form a frame around a 1987 photograph of Schulz.

Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamps from Schulz’s artwork and an existing photograph by Douglas Kirkland.

James Webb Space Telescope [Click for more information on this issue]
Celebrate NASA’s remarkable James Webb Space Telescope, the largest and most complex telescope ever deployed in space—capable of peering directly into the early cosmos and studying every phase of cosmic history. Launched on Dec. 25, 2021, Webb now orbits the Sun about a million miles away from Earth.

The image on the stamp is an artist’s digitally created depiction of the telescope against a dazzling starscape. The selvage photograph of a star and distant space was taken by Webb early in its mission, brilliantly confirming the perfect alignment of the telescope’s 18 mirror segments.

Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamp using existing art by James Vaughan and an image provided by NASA/Space Telescope Science Institute.

Snowy Beauty [Click for more information on this issue]
These stamps celebrate the warmth and cheer that flowers and berries bring to our natural landscapes, even after a surprise snow.

In these hand-sketched and painted designs, the artist uses light, shadow and luminous color to evoke the beauty of 10 species: camellia, winter aconite, crocus, hellebore, winterberry, pansy, plum blossom, grape hyacinth, daffodil and ranunculus.

Derry Noyes designed the stamps with original oil paintings by Gregory Manchess.

The Snowy Beauty stamps will be released in Guilford, IN, without a first-day-of-issue ceremony this fall.

Hanukkah [Click for more information on this issue]
The Postal Service continues its tradition of celebrating the joyous Jewish holiday of Hanukkah with a stamp design that features an original wall-hanging.

The fiber art was hand-dyed, appliquéd and quilted to form a colorful abstract image of a hanukiah, the nine-branch candelabra used only at Hanukkah.

Jeanette Kuvin Oren was the stamp designer and artist. Ethel Kessl was the art director.

Virgin and Child [Click for more information on this issue]
This Christmas stamp features Virgin and Child, an oil-on-panel painting from the first half of the 16th century by a Florentine artist known as the Master of the Scandicci Lamentation.

Depicting the tenderness of a mother and child, interpretations of the Virgin Mary with the Christ Child take innumerable forms in the Christian art of the Italian Renaissance. Imbued with a sense of dignity and grace, this stamp offers a traditional touch for cards and letters in a season of celebration, reflection and family. This painting is in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston.

Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp.

Kwanzaa [Click for more information on this issue]
This year the Postal Service issues its ninth stamp in celebration of Kwanzaa, a holiday with origins in ancient and modern first-harvest festivities from across the African continent. Kwanzaa incorporates and reimagines many communal traditions as a contemporary celebration and reaffirmation of African American culture.

The stamp design depicts a girl and a boy dressed in robes akin to spiritual garments, with a kinara (candleholder) and seven lit candles (mishumaa saba) in front of them. The kinara is the focal point around which friends and family gather and place meaningful objects.

Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamp with original artwork by Erin Robinson.

Holiday Elves [Click for more information on this issue]
The Postal Service evokes the holiday spirit with four new se-tenant stamps featuring a colorful digital illustration of elves preparing toys on a winding conveyor belt in a snow-laden forest.

Like many beloved Christmas traditions—including Santa Claus himself—elves did not become a well-established part of the holidays in America until the 19th century. In the 20th century, as elves became firmly rooted in American Christmas lore, they eventually took center stage in beloved holiday television specials, films and books.

Don Clark was the artist and stamp designer. Antonio Alcalá was the art
director.