“2008 Stamps and Postal Stationery” (Updated Announcement 08-A, January 2008), which appears on pages 18–19, replaces the quarterly announcement of the same name, previously printed and sent to customers on request through Stamp Fulfillment Services in Kansas City. The announcement is a listing of stamps and postal stationery items scheduled for issuance during calendar year 2008. Post Offices™ may wish to post this schedule on their bulletin boards.
Customers may also access the Postal Bulletin through the Postal Service™ Web site at www.usps.com; click on About USPS & News, then Forms & Publications, then Postal Bulletin.
This announcement will be updated every 2 to 3 months, as changes warrant.
Customers may purchase new stamps or postal stationery items at their Post Office, from the USA Philatelic catalog, by calling 800-STAMP-24, or online at www.usps.com by clicking on Buy Stamps & Shop. Then they should prepare their own covers by affixing new stamps to the upper-right corner of envelopes or postcards of their choice, and address those envelopes, postcards, or postal stationery items to themselves or others. (Postage must equal the current First-Class Mail® rate.) For sturdiness, include a card of postcard thickness in each cover (envelopes only) submitted, and tuck in the flap. Place the cover in a larger envelope addressed to:
NAME OF ISSUE
POSTMASTER
CITY STATE ZIP CODe (followed by -9991)
Covers submitted for first day of issue postmarks may include additional uncanceled stamps only if the uncanceled stamps were issued before the first day of issue of the new stamps or postal stationery items. All orders must be postmarked on or before the deadline indicated in the “2008 Stamps and Postal Stationery” announcement on pages 18–19.
INFORMATION FULFILLMENT
DEPT 6270
US POSTAL SERVICE
PO BOX 219014
KANSAS CITY MO 64121-9014
— Stamp Services,
Government Relations, 1-17-08
This schedule is subject to change. Updated Announcement 08-A (January 2008)
This is a periodic announcement of new stamps and postal stationery items being issued during the calendar year. For additional information on stamps and stamp products, visit The Postal Store® Web site at www.usps.com.
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ISSUE
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FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
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FIRST DAY CITY/STATE
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FORMAT
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DEADLINE
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DCP
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41¢ Lunar New Year: Year of the Rat
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Jan 9
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San Francisco, CA 94188
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PSA souvenir sheet of 12 (C)
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Feb 8
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P
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41¢ Charles W. Chesnutt
(Black Heritage)
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Jan 31
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Cleveland, OH 44101
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
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Mar 2
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P
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41¢ Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
(Literary Arts)
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Feb 21
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Hawthorne, FL 32640
(Cross Creek)
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
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Mar 23
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P
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41¢ American Scientists
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Mar 6
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New York, NY 10199
(Mega Stamp Show)
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
(4 designs)
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Apr 5
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41¢ American Journalists
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Apr
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Washington, DC
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
(5 designs)
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26¢ Mount Saint Mary’s University
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Apr 26
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Emmitsburg, MD 21727
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Stamped card
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May 26
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P
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41¢ Minnesota Statehood
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May
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St. Paul, MN
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
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P
DCP
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41¢ Frank Sinatra
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May 13
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TBD
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
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Jun 12
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DCP
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41¢ Flags of our Nation:
Set 1
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Jun 14
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TBD
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PSA coil of 50 (D)
(10 designs)
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Jul 14
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DCP
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41¢ Charles and Ray Eames
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Jun 17
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Santa Monica, CA
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PSA pane of 16 (C)
(16 designs)
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Jul 17
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DCP
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41¢ Love: All Heart
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Jun
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TBD
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PSA booklet of 20 (C)
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P
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41¢ Vintage Black Cinema
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Jun
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Newark, NJ
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
(5 designs)
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P
DCP
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41¢ Bette Davis
(Legends of Hollywood)
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Jun
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Los Angeles, CA
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
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Wedding (1 oz.)
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Jun
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TBD
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PSA convertible booklet of 20 (C)
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Wedding (2 oz.)
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Jun
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TBD
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
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P
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41¢ Olympic Games
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Jul
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TBD
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
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P
DCP
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41¢ America on the Move: Fins and Chrome
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Jul
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TBD
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
(5 designs)
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DCP
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41¢ “Take Me Out to the Ball Game”
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Aug
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TBD
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
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P
DCP
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41¢ The Art of Disney: Imagination
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Aug
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Anaheim, CA
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
(4 designs)
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41¢ Albert Bierstadt’s “Valley of the Yosemite”
(American Treasures)
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Aug 14
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Hartford, CT 06101
(APS Stamp Show)
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PSA booklet of 20 (C)
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Sep 13
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41¢ Latin Jazz
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Aug 30
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Chicago, IL
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
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Sep 29
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41¢ Alzheimer’s Awareness
(Social Awareness)
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Sep 21
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TBD
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PSA pane of 20 (C)
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Oct 21
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41¢ Eid
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Sep 23
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Washington, DC
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PSA pane of 20 (S)
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Oct 23
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DCP
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41¢ Flags of our Nation:
Set 2
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Sep
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TBD
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PSA coil of 50 (D)
(10 designs)
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41¢ Nature of America: Great Lakes Dunes
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Oct
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Empire, MI
(Sleeping Bear Dunes)
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PSA pane of 10 (C)
(10 designs)
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DCP
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41¢ Holiday Nutcrackers
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Oct 30
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New York, NY 10199
(Mega Stamp Show)
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PSA pane of 20 (S)
PSA booklet of 20
PSA vending book
(4 designs)
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Nov 29
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41¢ Christmas: “Virgin and Child with the Young John the Baptist” by Sandro Botticelli
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Oct 30
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New York, NY 10199
(Mega Stamp Show)
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PSA booklet of 20 (S)
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Nov 29
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41¢ Hanukkah
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Oct 31
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New York, NY 10199
(Mega Stamp Show)
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PSA pane of 20 (S)
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Nov 30
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41¢ Kwanzaa
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Oct 31
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New York, NY 10199
(Mega Stamp Show)
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PSA pane of 20 (S)
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Nov 30
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