{"id":29941,"date":"2021-01-06T09:37:58","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T14:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/?p=29941"},"modified":"2021-01-06T09:37:58","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T14:37:58","slug":"usps-will-issue-new-2021-stamps-for-price-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/postalemployeenetwork.com\/news\/2021\/01\/06\/usps-will-issue-new-2021-stamps-for-price-change\/","title":{"rendered":"USPS Will Issue New 2021 Stamps for Price Change"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Additional ounce, Priority Mail and Postcard Stamps Available Jan. 24<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

WASHINGTON, DC \u2014 1\/5\/21 – The U.S. Postal Service will release three new stamps as part of 2021 price change:
\nBarns, a 36-cent postcard stamp; Brush Rabbit, a 20-cent additional ounce stamp; and Castillo de San Marcos, a $7.95 Priority Mail stamp. The stamps will be available beginning Sunday, Jan. 24. There will be no national first-day-of-issue ceremony for these stamps.<\/p>\n

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\"Barns<\/p>\n

Barns<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. Postal Service has four new postcard stamps that celebrate the beauty and history of American barns. The artist created digital paintings of four types of iconic barns found in the rural American landscape. With differing qualities of light and color, each piece reflects one of the four seasons: a round barn surrounded by the hazy light and warm colors of fall; a gambrel-roofed barn in summer; a forebay barn in early spring; and a Western barn on a winter\u2019s night. Ashley Walton designed the stamps with original artwork by Kim Johnson. Greg Breeding was the art director.<\/p>\n

Along the bottom of each stamp is the word \u201cpostcard,\u201d to indicate their usage. These stamps will always be valid for the rate printed on them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Brush<\/p>\n

Brush Rabbits<\/strong><\/p>\n

The U.S. Postal Service features a brush rabbit (Sylvilagus bachmani) on this additional ounce stamp, available in a pane of 20 or a coil of 100. The brush rabbit is a small brownish cottontail rabbit of the U.S. West Coast and Baja California, Mexico. It lives mostly west of the Sierra Nevada range and south of the Columbia River, which defines the coastal Oregon-Washington border. The adult is about a foot long and generally weighs between 1 and 2 pounds.<\/p>\n

The pencil-and-watercolor illustration is from preexisting artwork by designer and illustrator Dugald Stermer (1936-2011). Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamp.<\/p>\n

The words \u201cadditional ounce\u201d on this stamp indicate its usage value. This stamp will always be valid for the rate printed on it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\"Castillo<\/p>\n

Castillo de San Marcos<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest Priority Mail stamp, which bears the new price, celebrates the oldest masonry fortification in the United States, the Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine, FL.<\/p>\n

The stamp art features a digital illustration of the fortress based on a contemporary photograph. With a view toward the northeast corner of the fortress, the artwork captures it in the golden glow of sunrise over Matanzas Bay. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp with art created by Chicago-based graphic illustrator Dan Cosgrove.<\/p>\n

This stamp provides \u00a0a convenient way for customers to pay for Priority Mail Flat Rate shipping with a single stamp. Priority Mail is the Postal Service\u2019s bestselling mail service. Domestic deliveries arrive in 1-3 business days depending on where a package starts and where it\u2019s going. Tracking and insurance are included, and shipping boxes and envelopes are free.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Postal Products<\/strong><\/p>\n

Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through the\u00a0Postal Store<\/em><\/a>\u00a0at\u00a0usps.com\/shopstamps<\/em><\/a>, by calling 800-STAMP24 (800-782-6724), by mail through\u00a0USA Philatelic<\/em><\/a>, or at Post Office locations nationwide.<\/p>\n

Information for ordering first-day-of-issue postmarks and covers is at\u00a0usps.com\/shop<\/em><\/a>.<\/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

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