Stamp Scoop

Each year the Postal Service issues commemorative stamps reflecting subjects of current national significance and appeal. More than 160 years of stamp development has yielded an incredible archive of imagery and commentary reflecting the tone of the times in American culture and society.

Each month a new stamp release is featured in the monthly online column, Stamp Scoop. Stamp Scoop features an image of the stamp art and a short editorial article on the stamp subject’s history and national significance.

Click here for the May 2012 issue of Stamp Scoop – Carmel Mission! … In a month of American treasures, we honor the Carmel Mission, an integral California landmark and a jewel of the Pacific!

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José Ferrer
Cherry Blossom Centennial
Love Ribbons
Celebrating Lunar New Year: Year of the Dragon
Holiday Baubles
Gregory Peck
Mark Twain
Save Vanishing Species
U.S. Merchant Marine
Owney
American Scientists
Indianapolis 500
Voyageurs National Park
Helen Hayes
Barbara Jordan
Year of the Rabbit
Holiday Evergreens
Bixby Creek Bridge
Distinguished Sailors
Winslow Homer
Negro Leagues Baseball
Katharine Hepburn
Cowboys of the Silver Screen
Bill Mauldin
Winter Olympics 2010
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Winter Holiday Stamps
Charles W. Chesnutt
Pacific Lighthouses