From the USPS on October 29, 2025:

This booklet of 20 stamps features three of winter’s most spirited small mammals: two eastern chipmunks, an eastern gray squirrel, and an American red squirrel. The designs capture the resourcefulness and adaptability that help these animals thrive when temperatures drop. From busy foragers to cozy hibernators, they remind us that winter can be full of charm. “When you see the booklet as a whole, the animals’ faces popping up from the snow has a playful effect,” explains Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS who designed the issuance. “The stamps are fun and uplifting. I hope they make people smile, especially in the heart of winter.”

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From the USPS on October 29, 2025:

The 35th stamp in the Literary Arts series honors Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909), a lifelong resident of Maine and a foundational figure in American literary regionalism. Her strong female characters have led to a renewed interest in her work, which includes hundreds of short stories as well as novels, poetry and essays. Ethel Kessler, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp using an original portrait of Jewett by Mark Summers, with the Maine coast as background, broken by a large ray of sunshine that evokes a scene from her best-known novel, “The Country of the Pointed Firs” (1896).

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From the USPS on October 29, 2025:

As the nation marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, the Postal Service pays tribute to the document that gave voice to America’s founding ideals. Designed and created by Juan Carlos Pagan, the stamp art features a typographic treatment of “1776,” the year the declaration was adopted. Each numeral takes the shape of a feather quill pen, a nod to the instruments used to sign the nation’s founding document. Pagan worked under the direction of Greg Breeding, an art director for USPS.

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Updated February 17^th:
This stamp will be issued July 4 in Philadelphia.

From the USPS on October 29, 2025:

Celebrating the goal of international peace, this stamp features a photograph of an origami crane — a global symbol of hope, peace and healing. The crane was folded by artist and Peace Crane Project founder Sue DiCicco and photographed by Sally Andersen-Bruce. Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp.

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From the USPS on October 29, 2025:

The buffalo’s epic story has played an enduring role in shaping America’s identity. Honoring our national mammal while saluting historic philately, this unique stamp features a contemporary photograph of a bison, inset with artwork evoking a 1923 stamp issued when the species was beginning to rebound from near extinction. Greg Breeding, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp using Tom Murphy’s existing photograph and artwork from the century-old stamp, now printed in intaglio.

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Updated November 10^th:
The stamp on which this design is based in Scott 569:Brookman lists a price for a fair copy at $25, although I see much lower prices on eBay.

Updated November 9^th:
As pointed out by Lefty Dundee, here is what the full pane will look like.That does seem to indicate that it will be a Forever stamp, or at least not a high value, as I had thought. Note also that the pane’s selvage indicates this will be issued at Boston 2026, May 23-30.

From the USPS on October 29, 2025:

Since the early days of the republic, these magnificent raptors have appeared on numerous stamps. For a new take on this American icon, the Postal Service will issue a pane of stamps featuring realistic illustrations of bald eagles at different stages of life. Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps using original paintings by ornithologist and illustrator David Allen Sibley. “While the bald eagle is known to virtually all Americans as our national bird, few people know much about them,” says Sibley. “Showing the series of life stages in these stamps is a simple and visual way to emphasize that the familiar adult eagle has already lived through a series of transitional plumages, finding food, migrating and surviving all of life’s challenges. I hope these stamps spark curiosity and a greater appreciation for the lives of eagles.”

The issue’s formal name is “Bald Eagles: From Hatching To Adult.”

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Updated February 25^th:
The National Eagle Center is located in Wabasha. Wikipedia page. Official website. As of this date, there is no mention of the stamps on its website.

Updated February 17^th:
These stamps will be issued May 14 in Wabasha, Minn.

From the USPS on October 29, 2025:

With these stamps, the Postal Service celebrates the 100th anniversary of Route 66, the legendary highway that originally stretched about 2,400 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. Dubbed “The Mother Road” by author John Steinbeck, Route 66 forever changed how Americans travel and became a symbol of freedom and adventure. The pane of 16 stamps includes photographs by David Schwartz from each of the eight states Route 66 passes through, with each one repeated twice. The selvage features a photo by Schwartz of the open road rolling through hills in Crookton, AZ, along the longest continuous drivable stretch of Route 66 in the state.

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Updated March 11^th:\
[ceremony details] [click on any of the pictures for larger versions]
Route 66 Stamps To Be Issued at National Postal Forum

What: The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate Route 66 on that historic highway’s centennial with a set of eight stamps. The first-day-of-issue event will be held at the National Postal Forum, also known as the NPF, at the Phoenix Convention Center. The NPF is the mailing and shipping industry’s premier educational venue, trade show and networking event.

The first-day-of-issue event is free and open to the public, and will be held in the convention center’s lobby, so there is no need to purchase tickets to the NPF to attend the unveiling. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #Route66Stamps.

Who: Jeffery A. Adams, USPS corporate communications vice president
Rod Reid, United States Route 66 Centennial Commission, chairman
David J. Schwartz, the stamps’ photographer

When: Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at 9:15 a.m. Mountain

Where:
National Postal Forum
Phoenix Convention Center
100 N. 3rd Street
Phoenix, AZ 85004

RSVP: Attendees are encouraged to register at: usps.com/route66stamps.

Background: For a century, drivers have hit the open road chasing the American dream along Route 66, the legendary highway that originally stretched about 2,400 miles from Chicago to Los Angeles. Dubbed “The Mother Road” by author John Steinbeck, Route 66 forever changed how Americans travel and became a symbol of freedom and adventure. Route 66 was established on Nov. 11, 1926, connecting rural communities across eight states. During the Great Depression, people seeking better opportunities drove Route 66 west, and it became a symbol of postwar optimism. Along the route, mom-and-pop cafes, drive-in restaurants, souvenir shops, curiosities, motels and gas stations with neon signs highlighted the journey.

The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 provided funding for a new interstate highway system, and Route 66 was gradually replaced. Route 66 still unites the country with its call for adventure in pursuit of freedom and possibility on the open road.

Eight different photographs, featured twice on the stamp pane, show a site from each state that Route 66 runs through. The selvage features a photograph of Route 66 stretching into the distance in Arizona, capturing the sense of possibility the open road inspires. Greg Breeding, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps and stamp pane using existing photographs by David J. Schwartz.

Updated February 17^th:
These stamps will be issued May 5 in Phoenix.

Updated November 25^th:

As requested by VSC member J.G. Haught, and provided by USPS spokesman Jim McKean:

In the first and third rows, the Route 66 shield is in the top left corner of each stamp, with “USA” running vertically below it in white. “FOREVER” is in the bottom right corner. From left to right:

• A turquoise 1957 Chevy Bel Air is parked in front of the Munger Moss Motel, built in 1946 in Lebanon, Missouri;
• a Ford Model A drives along a brick-paved segment of Route 66 in Auburn, Illinois;
• the replica Oil Capital Motel neon sign at sunrise at the Cyrus Avery Plaza Southwest in Tulsa, Oklahoma, featuring signs that originally stood along the road in Tulsa;
• the Grants Cafe neon sign, originally from Grants, New Mexico, now held at Glorieta Station in Albuquerque, New Mexico, a few blocks from Route 66.

In the second and fourth rows, the Route 66 shield is in the top right corner of each stamp, with “USA” running vertically below it in white. From left to right:

• The Tower Station and U-Drop Inn Café glows at night in Shamrock, Texas;
• a restored Kan-O-Tex pump in Galena, Kansas;
• Motel sign in Yucca, Arizona;
• Beverly Hills City Hall, built in 1932 in Beverly Hills, California.