{"id":26716,"date":"2019-06-29T09:17:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-29T14:17:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=26716"},"modified":"2019-06-29T09:17:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-29T14:17:14","slug":"new-usps-stamps-showcase-state-and-county-fairs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2019\/06\/29\/new-usps-stamps-showcase-state-and-county-fairs\/","title":{"rendered":"New USPS Stamps Showcase State and County Fairs"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"State<\/figure>\n
\n
What:<\/strong><\/dt>\n
The U.S. Postal Service\u00a0celebrates the fun of America\u2019s state and county fairs with four stamps. The whimsical artwork of the stamps is meant to evoke a nostalgic feeling for America\u2019s fairs past and present.\u00a0The stamps show a traditional fair theme where communities gather to socialize and have fun.<\/p>\n

News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtags\u00a0#StateFairsStamps,<\/em>
\n#StateCountyFairsStamps, and #CountyFairsStamps. Also, a\u00a0<\/em>video of the stamps unveiling ceremony will be shown live on\u00a0Facebook.com\/usps<\/a><\/em><\/dd>\n

Who:<\/strong><\/dt>\n
U.S. Postal Service Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President David E. Williams<\/dd>\n
When:<\/strong><\/dt>\n
Thursday, July 25, at 11 a.m. CDT<\/dd>\n
Where:<\/strong><\/dt>\n
\n
North Dakota State Fair- Stage 2
\n2005 Burdick Expressway East
\nMinot, ND 58701<\/p>\n<\/address>\n<\/dd>\n
Background:<\/strong><\/dt>\n
The colorful se-tenant stamps \u2014 one scene across four stamps \u2014celebrate the fun of America\u2019s state and county fairs. The stamp on the far left shows farmers unloading produce behind a white fence. In the second stamp, a child holding a chicken sits atop the same fence, with carnival rides\u2014a Ferris wheel and merry-go-round\u2014in the background. Those rides can be seen in the third stamp, where some fairgoers admire the livestock behind the fence while others walk, balloons in hand, toward a sweets stand. The last stamp shows children at the stand buying treats from the vendor.<\/p>\n

The art director was Greg Breeding. Mike Ryan designed the stamps with original art by Mick Wiggins.<\/p>\n

The State and County Fairs stamps are being issued as Forever stamps and will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.<\/p>\n

The stamps will be available for purchase July 25. Pre-orders for the State and County Fairs stamps can be reserved through\u00a0<\/strong>The Postal Store at\u00a0usps.com\/shop<\/em><\/a>.<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What: The U.S. Postal Service\u00a0celebrates the fun of America\u2019s state and county fairs with four stamps. The whimsical artwork of the stamps is meant to evoke a nostalgic feeling for America\u2019s fairs past and present.\u00a0The stamps show a traditional fair theme where communities gather to socialize and have fun. News of the stamps is being […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26718,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26716","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\/26716","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=26716"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26716\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26717,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26716\/revisions\/26717"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26718"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26716"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}