WHAT:

Special dedication ceremony for the Total Eclipse of the Sun Forever stamp that commemorates the August 21 eclipse. The event is free and open to the public. Please share the news on social media using the hashtag #EclipseStamps.

WHO:

Timothy Holmes, Postmaster, Orlando
Deborah Ferencak, Customer Relations Coordinator

WHEN:

Thursday, July 13, 2017 @ 1:00 p.m.

WHERE:

 Orlando Science Center, 777 E Princeton Street, Orlando, FL 32803-1250

BACKGROUND: 

  This first-of-its-kind U.S. stamp (see above) transforms into an image of the moon from the heat of a finger. Once cooled, the image reverts back to the eclipse.

The First-Day-Of-Issue dedication ceremony took place June 20 at the University of Wyoming in Laramie.

The 70-mile-wide shadow path of the eclipse, known as the “path of totality,” will traverse the country diagonally, appearing first in Oregon (mid-morning local time) and exiting some 2,500 miles east and 90 minutes later off the coast of South Carolina (mid-afternoon local time). Please see above map.