{"id":28857,"date":"2020-06-24T09:51:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T14:51:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=28857"},"modified":"2020-06-24T09:51:11","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T14:51:11","slug":"new-stamps-celebrating-bugs-bunnys-80th-birthday-coming-soon-to-a-post-office-near-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2020\/06\/24\/new-stamps-celebrating-bugs-bunnys-80th-birthday-coming-soon-to-a-post-office-near-you\/","title":{"rendered":"New Stamps Celebrating Bugs Bunny\u2019s 80th Birthday Coming Soon to a Post Office Near You"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 The U.S. Postal Service will issue commemorative Forever stamps celebrating Bugs Bunny\u2019s 80th birthday. The Postal Service and Warner Bros. Consumer Products are excited to dedicate these stamps at a virtual ceremony on July\u00a027, the 80th anniversary of Bugs Bunny\u2019s official screen debut.<\/p>\n<p>Bugs has always been known for his impeccable impersonations and his masterful masquerades, so the soon-to-be-revealed 10 designs on this pane of 20 stamps each showcase a costumed Bugs Bunny\u00a0in some of his most memorable getups.<\/p>\n<p>The original stamp artwork is based on Bugs Bunny\u2019s iconic moments and was created especially for this issuance by Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., featuring work from Warner Bros. Animation artists, who also created the sketches on the reverse side of the stamp pane. Greg Breeding was the designer and William J. Gicker served as art director.<\/p>\n<p>Customers may pre-order stamps at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.usps.com\/shopstamps\"><em>usps.com\/shopstamps<\/em><\/a>\u00a0or by calling 800-STAMP24 (800-782-6724), beginning June 29.<\/p>\n<p>The stamps are being issued as Forever stamps, which will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce price.<\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for a sneak peek of the stamps at\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/usps\">facebook.com\/usps<\/a><\/em>. Please visit\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/usps.com\/bugsbunny\">usps.com\/bugsbunny<\/a><\/em>\u00a0for details for the upcoming virtual stamp dedication ceremony. News of the stamps is being shared with hashtags #BugsBunnyStamps and #BugsBunny80.<\/p>\n<p>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<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-26203\" src=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/usps1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"282\" height=\"162\" srcset=\"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/usps1.jpg 282w, https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/usps1-123x70.jpg 123w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 282px) 100vw, 282px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 The U.S. Postal Service will issue commemorative Forever stamps celebrating Bugs Bunny\u2019s 80th birthday. The Postal Service and Warner Bros. Consumer Products are excited to dedicate these stamps at a virtual ceremony on July\u00a027, the 80th anniversary of Bugs Bunny\u2019s official screen debut. Bugs has always been known for his impeccable impersonations [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26203,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28857","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\/28857","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=28857"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28857\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28858,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28857\/revisions\/28858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26203"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28857"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28857"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28857"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}