© 2024 USPS
On May 23, 2025, in Aurora, CO, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Baby Wild Animals stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate) in 10 designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 685500). This stamp will go on sale May 23, 2025, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.
Baby Wild Animals stamps feature a graphic illustration of each animal in its habitat, surrounded by flowers, leaves, water, or other natural elements. The animals, which include a fox, owl, deer, seal, rabbit, raccoon, bear, skunk, bobcat, and chipmunk, range widely across the United States. Tracy Walker was the stamp designer and artist. Greg Breeding was the art director.
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/sfsweb.
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 store.usps.com/store/home. 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 – Baby Wild Animals Stamps
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 September 23, 2025.
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 store.usps.com/store/home. 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.
Issue:
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Baby Wild Animals Stamps
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Item Number:
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685500
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Denomination &
Type of Issue:
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First-Class Mail Forever
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Format:
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Double-sided Booklet of 20 (10 designs)
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Series:
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N/A
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Issue Date & City:
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May 23, 2025, Aurora, CO 80017
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Art Director:
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Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
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Designer:
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Tracy Walker, Delaware, OH
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Artist:
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Tracy Walker, Delaware, OH
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Modeler:
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Sandra Lane / Michelle Finn
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Manufacturing Process:
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Offset
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Printer:
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Banknote Corporation of America
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Press Type:
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Alprinta 74
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Stamps per Booklet:
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20
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Print Quantity:
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160,000,000
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Paper Type:
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Phosphor, Block Tag
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Adhesive Type:
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Pressure-sensitive
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Colors:
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Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
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Stamp Orientation:
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Vertical
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Image Area (w x h):
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0.7700 x 1.0500 in. / 19.5580 x
26.6700 mm.
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Stamp Size (w x h):
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0.9100 x 1.1900 in. / 23.1140 x
30.2260 mm.
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Booklet Size (w x h):
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5.7600 x 2.3800 in. / 146.3040 x
60.4520 mm.
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Plate Size:
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800 stamps per revolution
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Plate Numbers:
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“B” followed by four (4) single digits
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Marginal Markings:
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Front:
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Header: BABY WILD ANIMALS Twenty First-Class Forever Stamps
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Back:
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© 2024 USPS in peel strip area • Barcode • USPS logo • Promotional text • Plate number in peel strip area
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— Stamp Services,
Marketing, 4-17-25
