Announced March 12th:
With this pane of 16 stamps, the Postal Service brings Tyrannosaurus rex to life — some 66 million years after its demise. One design illustrates a face-to-face encounter with a T. rex approaching through a forest clearing; another shows the same young adult T. rex with a young Triceratops — both dinosaurs shown in fossil form. The third and fourth stamps depict a newly hatched T. rex covered with downy feathers and a bare-skinned juvenile T. rex chasing a primitive mammal. The “Nation’s T. rex,” the young adult depicted on two of the stamps, was discovered on federal land in Montana and is one of the most studied and important specimens ever found. Its remains will soon be on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamps with original artwork by Julius T. Csotonyi, a scientist and paleoartist.
These stamps will be issued August 29, 2019 in Washington DC. Further updates will appear below, in order announced.
The Scott catalogue numbers for this issue are 5410-5413.
Important Update, May 15th:
The issue has been delayed. From the USPS:
“Hi, Good Afternoon. Due to a scheduling conflict, the previously announced first-day-of-issue ceremony for the Tyrannosaurus Rex Forever stamps is being rescheduled from June 28 to possibly the last two weeks of August. We will announce the specific date and more details about the event as information becomes available. The location for this event will remain at the Smithsonian Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. We apologize and deeply regret any inconvenience this change may have caused.”
Updated June 24th:
[press release]
U.S. Postal Service Issuing Tyrannosaurus Rex Forever Stamps Aug. 29
What: With this pane of 16 stamps, the Postal Service brings Tyrannosaurus rex to life — some 66 million years after its demise.
The stamp dedication ceremony is free and open to the public. News of the stamp is being shared with the hashtag #USPSTRexStamps.
Who:
• Isaac Cronkhite, chief human resources officer and executive vice president, U.S. Postal Service and dedicating official
• Kirk Johnson, director, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
• Julius Csotonyi, paleoart and scientific illustration, T-Rex stamp artist, and creator and contributor to new Smithsonian Dinosaur exhibit
• Matthew Carrano, curator of “Dinosauria,” Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
When: Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019, at 11:00 a.m. EDT
Where:
Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History
Baird Auditorium
10th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20560
Background:
Tyrannosaurus rex dominated the tail end of the dinosaur age. A recent surge in discoveries has revolutionized our understanding of the fierce carnivore.
Four dynamic designs on a pane of 16 stamps depict the awe-inspiring dinosaur in growth stages from infancy to adulthood.
One design illustrates a face-to-face encounter with a T. rex approaching through a forest clearing; another shows the same young adult T. rex with a young Triceratops — both dinosaurs shown in fossil form.
The third and fourth stamps depict a newly hatched T. rex covered with downy feathers and a bare-skinned juvenile T. rex chasing a primitive mammal.
“The Nation’s T. rex,” the young adult depicted on two of the stamps, was discovered on federal land in Montana and is one of the most studied and important specimens ever found. Its remains are now exhibited at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, DC. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamps with original artwork by scientist and paleoartist Julius T. Csotonyi.
The Tyrannosaurus Rex stamps are being issued as Forever stamps. Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail
1-ounce price.
Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through The Postal Store at usps.com/shop, by calling 800-STAMP24 (800-782-6724), by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations nationwide.
Updated August 6th:
RSVP: Dedication ceremony attendees are encouraged to RSVP at usps.com/trex.
From the Postal Bulletin:
On August 29, 2019, in Washington, DC, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Tyrannosaurus Rex stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive pane of 16 stamps (Item 479200). The stamps will go on sale nationwide August 29, 2019, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue. The Tyrannosaurus Rex pane of 16 stamps may not be split and the stamps may not be sold individually.
The Postal Service™ brings Tyrannosaurus rex to life some 66 million years after its demise with four designs, which include:
- A face-to-face encounter with a T. rex approaching through a forest clearing,
- The same young adult T. rex with a young Triceratops shown in fossil form,
- A newly hatched T. rex covered with downy feathers, and
- A bare-skinned juvenile T. rex chasing a primitive mammal.
The “Nation’s T. rex,” the young adult depicted on two of the stamps, was discovered on federal land in Montana and is one of the most studied and important specimens ever found. Its remains are on display at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamps with original artwork by scientist and paleoartist Julius T. Csotonyi.
Availability to Post Offices, Item 479200, Tyrannosaurus Rex (Forever Priced at the First-Class Mail Rate) Commemorative Pane of 16 Stamps: Stamp Fulfillment Services will make an automatic push distribution to Post Offices of a quantity to cover approximately 30 days of sales.
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 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 – Tyrannosaurus Rex Stamps
USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services
8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64144-9900After 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 December 29, 2019.
Technical Specifications:
Issue: Tyrannosaurus Rex Stamps
Item Number: 479200
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever
Format: Pane of 16 (4 designs)
Series: N/A
Issue Date & City: August 29, 2019, Washington, DC 20066
Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
Designer: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
Typographer: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
Artist: Julius Csotonyi, Vancouver, British Columbia
Modeler: Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn
Manufacturing Process: Flexo, Lenticular
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Press Type: Gallus RCS
Stamps per Pane: 16
Print Quantity: 50,000,000 stamps
Paper Type: Phosphor, Block Tagged
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Processed at: Banknote Corporation of America
Colors: Black, Yellow, Rubine Red, Cyan
Stamp Orientation: Horizontal
Image Area (w x h): 1.42 x 1.085 in/36.068 x 27.559 mm
Overall Size (w x h): 1.56 x 1.225 in/39.624 x 31.115 mm
Full Pane Size (w x h): 7.9 x 7.15 in/200.66 x 181.61 mm
Press Sheet Size (w x h): 14.3 x 23.7 in/363.22 x 601.98 mm
Plate Size: 96 stamps per revolution
Plate Numbers: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
Marginal Markings:
Front: Header: TYRANNOSAURUS REX • Plate numbers in bottom 2 corners
Back: ©2019 USPS • USPS Logo • Two barcodes (479200) • Plate position diagram • Promotional text
Updated August 8th:
Here are the first-day cancels for this issue:
The Digital Color Postmark measures 2.98″x1.29″ 
The B&W pictorial postmark measures 2.87″ x 1.27″
What:
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Issue: Sesame Street Stamps
Print Quantity: 62,000,000 stamps
The B&W pictorial measures 2.41″x1.44″
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tz Israel west of the Jordan River and is one of the rainiest areas in Israel, and even has occasional snowfall during the winter months. These conditions allow plants such as the Wild Peony featured on the stamp, which are typical of the mountains in Turkey and Lebanon, to grow on Mount Meron, the southernmost point of their dispersion. Hiking trails are marked around the summit and along the slopes, leading visitors among the mountain’s many delightful natural and archeological treasures. Important prayer sites lie at the foot of the Mount Meron range, the most significant of which are the grave of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai which is sacred to the Jews and the grave of Nabi Sablan, a sacred prophet of the Druze people.
Negev Desert as well as the Sinai Desert. More than 40,000 rock drawings have been discovered on Mount Karkom and in the immediate area. These were carved by humans and include figures such as the Long Horned Deer that appears on the stamp. Many of the rock drawings show humans with their arms outstretched toward the heavens as if in prayer. The aridness of the area surrounding the mountain (which does not allow permanent inhabitance) along with the existence of the many rock drawings have led researchers to conclude that Mount Karkom served as a sacred place of worship and prayer, visited by caravans of merchants passing through the area and groups of believers who travelled there from distant lands. Prof. Emmanuel Anati, who devoted many years to researching the site, identified Mount Karkom as the Mount Sinai noted in the Bible, however this opinion is not accepted by most researchers in the field.
Royal Mail has revealed the images of the Marvel Super Hero stamps issued to mark the UK’s celebration of Marvel’s iconic comic stories.
Editor Stan Lee and artist Jack Kirby created a Super Hero revolution when they devised a new world of characters in the early 1960s, including Hulk and Thor.
The 1980s, in particular, saw US comic publishers heavily recruiting British writers and illustrators, who increasingly worked on the American publications and began to inject darker storylines to widen the appeal of the characters. One such artist is Alan Davis, who 
designed the new Special Stamps, and has worked with Marvel since the early 1980s and first illustrated Captain Britain in 1985.
Stamp illustrator, artist, Alan Davis, said: “I really can’t take all the credit for producing these stamps. The speed of production required in US comics makes it necessary to separate the creative disciplines into four individual jobs. Writer, penciller, inker and colourist. My primary focus is writing and pencilling.
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