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QUECHEE, VT \u2014 In the midst of winter, when leaves have fallen from the trees and snow covers the ground in many areas, the lively sights and sounds of resident birds can be a welcome treat. The U.S. Postal Service celebrates these beautiful creatures with Birds in Winter Forever stamps.<\/p>\n
A first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for the stamps will be held tomorrow at the\u00a0Vermont Institute of Natural Science<\/a><\/em>\u00a0in Quechee, VT, with Postal Service Pricing and Costing Vice President, Sharon D. Owens, serving as the dedicating official.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s easy to see why Birds in Winter will be enjoyed by the American public,\u201d said Owens. \u201cThese stamps are a beautiful representation of the resourceful and resilient birds we see flying about woodland areas all winter long.\u201d<\/p>\n The stamps feature four of winter\u2019s winged beauties \u2013 the black-capped chickadee\u00a0(Poecile atricapillus)<\/em>, the northern cardinal\u00a0(Cardinalis cardinalis)<\/em>, the blue jay\u00a0(Cyanocitta cristata)<\/em>\u00a0and the red-bellied woodpecker\u00a0(Melanerpes carolinus)<\/em>. The stamp art features four striking designs that highlight these resident birds. The somber feeling of winter, evoked by the stark white backgrounds, is enlivened by the bold colors of the birds\u2019 plumage in the simplified shapes of the digital rendering.<\/p>\n Art director Antonio Alcal\u00e1 designed the stamps with original artwork by Nadia Taylor.<\/p>\n The Birds in Winter stamps are being issued as Forever stamps in booklets of 20. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price. Information on ordering first-day-of-issue postmarks and covers is at\u00a0usps.com\/shop<\/em><\/a>\u00a0under \u201cCollectors.\u201d A video of the ceremony will be available on the Postal Service\u2019s\u00a0Facebook<\/a>\u00a0page<\/em>.<\/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":" QUECHEE, VT \u2014 In the midst of winter, when leaves have fallen from the trees and snow covers the ground in many areas, the lively sights and sounds of resident birds can be a welcome treat. The U.S. Postal Service celebrates these beautiful creatures with Birds in Winter Forever stamps. A first-day-of-issue dedication ceremony for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24361,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24358","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\/24358","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=24358"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24358\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24360,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24358\/revisions\/24360"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24361"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24358"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24358"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24358"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nCustomers may purchase these stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store at\u00a0usps.com\/shop<\/em><\/a>, by calling 800-STAMP24 (800-782-6724), by mail through\u00a0USA Philatelic<\/em>, or at Post Office locations nationwide.<\/p>\n