From the USPS press release November 15, 2024:
This new stamp for irregularly sized envelopes features a luna moth (Actias luna), considered one of the most beautiful moths in the United States. Artist Joseph Scheer created this composite image by using a high-resolution scanner with extended focus to capture multiple layers of a preservedmoth. Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp.
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Updated February 12th:
This stamp will be issued on Saturday, August 16, at Great American Stamp Show in Schaumburg, Ill., in the same room as the American Philatelic Society’s general membership meeting.
I am a new cachet artist, this stamp will be my first FDC. Thank you for providing this, I found your info from my new membership in the AFDCS. Question: Is the address posted here also the place to pre-order stamps? or is that where to send to get the first day cancel?, And another question: will they provide the cancel service at the Schaumburg show? Thanks again for your website.
No, the mailing address shown here is only for servicing FDCs. You should order the stamps from the USPS.com website (Shop/Stamps in the dropdown menu system). Yes, the “rubber” first-day postmark should be available at Great American Stamp Show 2025 in Schaumburg on the first-day. My guess is that that will be the “FIRST DAY OF ISSUE” B&W postmark; if a Digital Color Postmark is offered for this issue, chances are it will not be available at the show (except on pre-serviced uncacheted envelopes). However, there should also be at least two “show postmarks” for that day, one for “GASS” and the other for “Americover,” the AFDCS portion of the show.
There is a previous U.S. Luna Moth stamp: Sc. 2293, a 22¢ stamp in the 50-stamp North American Wildlife sheet.
Thank you