First Day of Issue Ceremony: Elie Wiesel

The U.S. Postal Service honors Elie Wiesel (1928–2016) with the 18th stamp of its Distinguished Americans series. Wiesel was a survivor of Nazi concentration camps whose life and writing on the Holocaust are a testament to moral courage and the resilience of the human spirit.

The first-day-of-issue event for the 2-ounce mail stamp is free and open to the public.