Stories
- How the Bluegrass Stamp United a Town After Difficult Times
How the Bluegrass Stamp United a Town After Difficult Times
Celebrating community and music
- Wearing Your Heart on Your Lapel
Wearing Your Heart on Your Lapel
Designing stamps to honor the humble pinback button
- Playing the Long Game
Playing the Long Game
A U.S. Postal Service art director and a superfan share their thoughts on the new Dungeons & Dragons stamps.
- Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams
Go behind the scenes of the design and the art direction of the 2024 Ansel Adams Forever® stamps.
- Collaboration That Leads to Freedom
Collaboration That Leads to Freedom
The Underground Railroad stamp issuance and custom product celebrate the courage of the men and women who resisted slavery.
- Equine Portraits
Equine Portraits
Stamp art director Derry Noyes sought to capture the depth of our personal relationships with horses in these 2024 Forever® stamps.
- Functional Elegance
Functional Elegance
To capture the beauty of Shaker design, stamp art director Derry Noyes recalled an important truth: Shaker art was made to be used.
- Underwater, Up Close, and Personal
Underwater, Up Close, and Personal
How underwater photographers and a stamp art director joined forces to encourage the conservation of sea turtles in these 2024 Forever® stamps.
- Dragon Craft
Dragon Craft
Art director Antonio Alcalá describes his fresh approach to the Lunar New Year stamp series.
- Landing a Mission-Worthy Design
Landing a Mission-Worthy Design
The OSIRIS-REx issuance communicates a space-sized mission in postage stamp proportions.
- Thinking of You
Thinking of You
Bringing together a bevy of bright, whimsical icons to capture the delight of receiving mail meant just for you.
- Art on the Move
Art on the Move
Four artists’ designs capture skateboarding’s excitement while reflecting the diversity and influences of the creators themselves.
- Love in All Its Forms
Love in All Its Forms
The 2023 designs for the popular Love series spotlighted a different answer to the question of what people love: pets.
- Hidden Figures
Hidden Figures
Inside the world of cryptology, with a stamp commemorating the female laborers who deciphered military messages during World War II.
- A Celebration of Life
A Celebration of Life
Injecting the energy of mariachi music into five vibrant stamp designs.
- Kindred Spirits
Kindred Spirits
Illustrator Alex Bostic shares his experience honoring African American and Native American sculptor Edmonia Lewis.
- Monstrous Fun
Monstrous Fun
Illustrator Elise Gravel hopes her designs show that “we’re all weird in our own way, but we all deserve love.”
- Heritage Breeds
Heritage Breeds
A powerful tribute to the creatures helping many Americans reconnect with our pre-industrial roots.
- August Wilson
August Wilson
Capturing the authenticity of the trailblazing playwright for the Black Heritage® series stamp.