From the U.S. Postal Service announcement on November 17, 2020:From the USPS: Four new postcard stamps celebrate the beauty and history of American barns. With differing qualities of light and color, each piece reflects one of the four seasons: a round barn surrounded by the hazy light and warm colors of fall, a gambrel-roofed barn in summer, a forebay barn in an early spring countryside, and a Western barn on a winter’s night. Ashley Walton designed the stamps with original artwork by Kim Johnson. Greg Breeding was the art director.

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Updated December 17th:

This stamp will be issued in two formats on Sunday, January 24th, with a first-day city of Barnesville, GA.

The only first-day postmark is the four-bar First Day of Issue “killer bar.”

From the Postal Bulletin:

On January 24, 2021, in Barnesville, GA, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Barns stamps (Non-denominated priced at the Postcard rate) in 4 designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 120900) and a PSA coil of 100 stamps (Item 740200). The stamps will go on sale nationwide January 24, 2021, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.

Four new postcard stamps celebrate the beauty and history of American barns. The artist created digital paintings of four types of iconic barns found in the rural American landscape. With differing qualities of light and color, each piece reflects one of the four seasons:

• A round barn surrounded by the hazy light and warm colors of fall;
• A gambrel-roofed barn in summer;
• A forebay barn in an early spring countryside; and
• A Western barn on a winter’s night.

Ashley Walton designed the stamps with original artwork by Kim Johnson. Greg Breeding was the art director.

• Item 120900, Barns (Non-denominated, Postcard Rate) PSA Pane of 20 Stamps
• Item 740200, Barns (Non-denominated, Postcard Rate) PSA Coil of 100 Stamps

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. Each cover must have sufficient postage to meet First-Class Mail® requirements. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™ or at The Postal Store® website at usps.com/shop. 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 – Barns 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 May 24, 2021.

Technical Specifications — sheet version:

Issue: Barns Stamps
Item Number: 120900
Denomination & Type of Issue: Postcard Rate Non-denominated, Mail-use
Format: Pane of 20 (4 designs)
Series: N/A
Issue Date & City: January 24, 2021, Barnesville, GA
Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
Designer: Ashley Walton, Charlottesville, VA
Artist: Kim Johnson, Stamford, CT
Modeler: Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn
Manufacturing Process: Offset
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Press Type: Gallus RCS
Stamps per Pane: 20
Print Quantity: 100,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 0.84 x 0.73 in./21.336 x 18.542 mm
Stamp Size (w x h): 0.98 x 0.87 in./24.892 x 22.098 mm
Pane Size (w x h): 4.93 x 5.35 in./125.22 x 135.89 mm
Plate Size: 160 stamps per revolution
Plate Number: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
Front: Plate number in four (4) corners
Back: ©2020 USPS • USPS logo • Plate position diagram (8) • Barcode (120900) in upper right and lower left corners of pane • Promotional text

Technical Specifications — coil version:

Issue: Barns Stamps
Item Number: 740200
Denomination &Type of Issue: Postcard Rate Non-denominated, Mail-use
Format: Coil of 100 (4 designs)
Series: N/A
Issue Date & City: January 24, 2021, Barnesville, GA
Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
Designer: Ashley Walton, Charlottesville, VA
Artist: Kim Johnson, Stamford, CT
Modeler: Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn
Manufacturing Process: Offset
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Press Type: Alprinta 74
Stamps per Coil: 100
Print Quantity: 400,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 0.84 x 0.73 in./21.336 x 18.542 mm
Stamp Size (w x h): 0.98 x 0.87 in./24.892 x 22.098 mm
Plate Size: 768 stamps per revolution
Plate Number: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
Coil Number Frequency: Plate number every 32nd stamp below stamp image