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NEW YORK CITY \u2014<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span>A new booklet of Forever stamps entitled\u00a0<\/span>Colorful Celebrations<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>was dedicated today at World Stamp Show-NY 2016 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The international stamp show will conclude tomorrow. The United States plays host to a sanctioned international stamp show only once every 10 years, with the next one scheduled for 2026 in Boston, MA.<\/p>\n The stamps feature designs based on a Mexican art form known as \u201cpapel picado,\u201d Spanish for \u201cpierced paper.\u201d While the designs suggest cut paper, they actually were created digitally.<\/p>\n U.S. Postal Service Vice President of Pricing and Costing Sharon Owens, dedicating the new stamps, remarked on the 10 vivid and colorful designs \u201cfeaturing celebratory patterns that showcase geometric shapes, flowers and birds.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n These new stamps have been printed \u2013 and will be sold \u2013 only as complete booklets of 20 stamps, priced at $9.40 (20 X $0.47). Each booklet of 20 Forever stamps includes 10 digitally-created designs with eye-popping patterns that showcase geometric shapes, flowers and birds. Each of the 10 design appears twice in each booklet of 20 stamps.<\/p>\n The stamp designs come in one of four colors: blue, orange, purple, and fuchsia. Papel picado, an intricate art form that was developed in Mexico, inspired artist Atzin Gaytan\u2019s digital stamp art. Sally Andersen-Bruce designed the stamps. Derry Noyes served as the project\u2019s art director.<\/p>\n Leveraging Technology<\/strong> Ordering First-Day-of-Issue Postmarks<\/strong> Colorful Celebrations Stamp 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 Aug. 3, 2016.<\/p>\n Ordering First-Day Covers<\/strong> U.S. Postal Service Philatelic Products<\/strong> These stamps and many of this year\u2019s other stamps may be seen on Facebook at\u00a0facebook.com\/USPSStamps<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or via Twitter\u00a0@USPSstamps<\/em><\/a>\u00a0<\/span>or\u00a0on the websitehttps:\/\/www.usps.com\/stamps\/<\/a>,\u00a0<\/span><\/em>the Postal Service\u2019s online site for information on upcoming stamp subjects, first-day-of-issue events and other philatelic news.<\/p>\n The Postal Service receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" NEW YORK CITY \u2014\u00a0A new booklet of Forever stamps entitled\u00a0Colorful Celebrations\u00a0was dedicated today at World Stamp Show-NY 2016 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City. The international stamp show will conclude tomorrow. The United States plays host to a sanctioned international stamp show only once every 10 years, with the next […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":15188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15187","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-usps-news","last_archivepost"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15187","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15187"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15187\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15190,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15187\/revisions\/15190"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15187"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15187"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15187"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nThe U.S. Postal Service is introducing four new products tailored to stamp collectors at the World Stamp Show \u2013 NY2016:<\/p>\n\n
\nCustomers have 60 days to obtain first-day-of-issue postmarks by mail. They may purchase new stamps at World Stamp Show, at the Postal Store\u00a0usps.com\/shop<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or by calling 800-STAMP-24. They should affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes to themselves or others and place them in envelopes addressed to:<\/p>\n
\nSpecial Events Coordinator
\n380 West 33rd Street
\nNew York, NY 10199-9998<\/p>\n
\nThe Postal Service also offers first-day covers for new stamps and stationery items postmarked with the official first-day-of-issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the quarterly\u00a0USA Philatelic<\/em>\u00a0catalog, online at\u00a0usps.com\/shop<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or by calling 800-782-6724. Customers may request a free catalog by calling 800-782-6724 or writing to:<\/p>\n
\nCatalog Request
\nPO Box 219014
\nKansas City, MO\u00a0 64121-9014<\/p>\n
\nThere are six philatelic products available for this stamp issue:<\/p>\n\n