Stamp Announcement 22-8: Palace of Fine Arts Stamp

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On February 14, 2022, in San Franscisco, CA, the United States Postal Service® will issue the $26.95 Palace of Fine Arts Priority Mail Express® stamp in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of four stamps (Item 129800). The stamp will go on sale nationwide February 14, 2022, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.

This Priority Mail Express stamp celebrates the Palace of Fine Arts, an iconic architectural landmark in the Marina District of San Francisco that has long been a source of pride for local residents and an attraction for visitors from around the world. The stamp features a digital illustration showing the rotunda and part of the colonnades of the Palace of Fine Arts, with a small lagoon in the foreground. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp with original art by Dan Cosgrove.

Availability to Post Offices: Item 129800, $26.95 Palace of Fine Arts Priority Mail Express PSA Pane of Four Stamps

Stamp Fulfillment Services will not make an automatic push distribution to Post Offices. Post Offices may begin ordering stamps before the first-day-of-issue through SFS Web at sfsweb.usps.gov.

How to Order the First-Day-of-Issue Postmark

Customers have 120 days to obtain the first-day-of-issue postmark by mail. They may purchase new stamps at their local Post Office™ or at The Postal Store® website at usps.com/shop. They must affix the stamps to envelopes of their choice, address the envelopes (to themselves or others), and place them in a larger envelope addressed to:

FDOI – Palace of Fine Arts Stamp
USPS Stamp Fulfillment Services
8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300
Kansas City, MO 64144-9900

After applying the first-day-of-issue postmark, the Postal Service will return the envelopes through the mail. There is no charge for the postmark up to a quantity of 50. There is a 5-cent charge for each additional postmark over 50. All orders must be postmarked by June 14, 2022.

How to Order First-Day Covers

The Postal Service also offers first-day covers for new stamp issues and Postal Service stationery items postmarked with the official first-day-of-issue cancellation. Each item has an individual catalog number and is offered in the USA Philatelic catalog and online at usps.com/shop. Customers may register to receive a free USA Philatelic catalog online at usps.com/philatelic.

Locally produced items are not authorized. Only merchandise that has been approved and assigned an item number by Headquarters Retail Marketing may be produced and sold.

— Stamp Services, Marketing, 1-13-22