STICKING
the landing
In 1992, pressure-sensitive, self-adhesive stamps rolled out nationally. By 2005, 98 percent of all stamps were this type. Today, all stamps are sticky.
Fact source: Stamp Services
First Forever stamp issued in 2007
ALWAYS
and forever
The Postal Service’s first Forever stamp featured an image of the Liberty Bell and was issued on April 12, 2007, at Philadelphia’s Independence Hall.
Stamps supporting causes in public interest
STAMPS
supporting causes
Semipostal stamps are First-Class Mail stamps sold at a price above the cost of a regular stamp to raise funds for designated causes. The dollar amounts below represent the funds we have transferred to the causes listed.
Supporting causes in the public interest.
Semipostal stamps are First-Class Mail stamps sold at a price above the cost of a regular stamp to raise funds for designated causes. The dollar amounts below represent the funds the Postal Service has transferred to the causes listed.
- The Breast Cancer Research semipostal stamp
has raised nearly $98 million since 1998. More than
1.1 billion Breast Cancer Research stamps have
been sold. - The Save Vanishing Species semipostal stamp has
raised more than $8.2 million since 2011. Nearly
69 million Save Vanishing Species stamps have
been sold. - The Alzheimer’s semipostal stamp has raised
nearly $1.6 million since 2017. More than 11 million
Alzheimer’s stamps have been sold. - The Healing PTSD semipostal stamp has raised
more than $2.2 million since 2019. More than
18 million Healing PTSD stamps have been sold.
Stamps printed
13.8 billion
postage stamps printed
In 2024, 13.82 billion U.S. postage stamps were printed, and USPS received $4.01 billion in revenue from stamps and stamp product orders received by mail, telephone at 1-800-STAMP-24 and online at usps.com/stamps.
Postage stamps are miniature works of art designed to reflect the American experience. Stamps highlight heroes, history, milestones, achievements and natural wonders. There’s a story behind every stamp.
Stamp made a flyby of Pluto
OUTER SPACE
postage stamp
A postage stamp was onboard NASA's New Horizons spacecraft that made a flyby of Pluto in July 2015. That’s the farthest distance traveled by a postage stamp — more than 3 billion miles, as noted by Guinness World Records.
The “Pluto: Not Yet Explored” 29-cent stamp was part of a set of solar system stamps that were issued in 1991. In 2015, the stamp made a flyby of Pluto while onboard NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft. Guinness World Records confirmed the more than 3-billion-mile journey is the farthest distance traveled by a postage stamp.
