© 2025 USPS
On August 14, 2025, in Schaumburg, IL, the United States Postal Service® will issue the Boston 2026 World Stamp Show stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate), in two designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps (Item 487300). This stamp will go on sale nationwide August 14, 2025, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue. The Boston 2026 World Stamp Show commemorative pane of 20 stamps must not be split and the stamps must not be sold individually.
Issued to celebrate the Boston 2026 World Expo, the 12th international philatelic exhibition of the United States, these two stamps highlight the special role of Boston in the American Revolution as we prepare to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States. Digital illustrations on these intaglio-printed stamps depict the Old North Church and a “midnight rider” on horseback in colonial garb. Dan Gretta created the digital illustrations for the stamps. Greg Breeding served as art director and stamp designer.
Stamp Fulfillment Services will make an automatic push distribution to Post Offices of a quantity to cover approximately 30 days of sales. Quantities for the automatic push distribution are available by logging on to SFS Web at sfsweb.usps.gov/sfsweb. Post Offices may begin ordering stamps before the FDOI through SFS Web; offices must also check the amount they will receive on their automatic push distribution.
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 – Boston 2026 World Stamp Show 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 December 14, 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 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.
Issue:
|
Boston 2026 World Stamp Show Stamps
|
Item Number:
|
487300
|
Denomination &
Type of Issue:
|
First-Class Mail Forever
|
Format:
|
Pane of 20 (2 designs)
|
Series:
|
N/A
|
Issue Date & City:
|
August 14, 2025, Schaumburg, IL 60194
|
Art Director:
|
Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
|
Designer:
|
Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA
|
Artist:
|
Dan Gretta, Asheville, NC
|
Modeler:
|
Sandra Lane / Michelle Finn
|
Manufacturing Process:
|
Intaglio
|
Printer:
|
Banknote Corporation of America
|
Press Type:
|
Phoenix
|
Stamps per Pane:
|
20
|
Print Quantity:
|
12,000,000 stamps
|
Paper Type:
|
Phosphor, Block Tag
|
Adhesive Type:
|
Pressure-sensitive
|
Colors:
|
Pantone 301 C
|
Stamp Orientation:
|
Vertical
|
Image Area (w x h):
|
0.8400 x 1.4200 in. / 21.3360 x
36.0680 mm.
|
Overall Size (w x h):
|
0.9800 x 1.5600 in. / 24.8920 x
39.6240 mm.
|
Full Pane Size (w x h):
|
5.9200 x 7.8800 in. / 150.3680 x
200.1520 mm.
|
Press Sheets Size (w x h):
|
11.8400 x 23.6400 in. / 300.7360 x
600.4560 mm.
|
Plate Size:
|
120 stamps per revolution
|
Plate Number:
|
”B” followed by one (1) single digit
|
Marginal Markings:
|
Front:
|
Header: BOSTON 2026 WORLD STAMP SHOW • Plate number in bottom two corners
Footer: MAY 23-30, 2026, BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS
|
Back:
|
©2025 USPS • USPS logo • Two barcodes (487300) • Plate position diagram (6) • Promotional text
|
— Stamp Services,
Marketing, 7-24-25
