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/PRNewswire/ -- Heritage breeds of livestock are pre-industrial farm animals whose unusual appearances and remarkable qualities take us back to our nations...

The email subject line read: CONFIDENTIAL // USPS.  I was on a week-long, run-and-gun assignment and finally had a few minutes to catch my breath, recharge and check emails. With camera gear strewn around me, I choked down an ancient Clif Bar from the bottom of my bag and slouched over my phone on the cold, hard cement.  Squinting, I re-read the subject line: CONFIDENTIAL // USPS  “That’s weird” I thought. Hesitantly, I tapped to open:  Please forgive the formal subject line, but I’...

‘Star Wars’ droids: The US Postal Service will release a pane of stamps featuring 10 favorites on May 4 Updated Apr 30, 2021; Facebook Share Collectors of all things “Star Wars” now have another item to add to their list. The U.S. Postal Service has announced on the Postal Store website that it will issue a new pane of stamps celebrating droids from the film franchise. Since 1977, when moviegoers were introduced to the “galaxy, far, far away,” the mechanical characters have been ke...

Im not a philatelist but I love a pretty stamp, or a nostalgic one or an educational one. So I have sheets from the Lunar New Year series (the Year of the Ox is a stunner) and the Muppets, which will always make me smile. And thanks to the U.S. Post Office, I learned about the wire structures created by American artist Ruth Asawa in the 1950s.  My next selection of stamps will celebrate coffee. These stamps depict four styles of espresso for an international flair. The U.S. Postal Service...

Share this article Share this article WASHINGTON, April 9, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service celebrates Americas love of coffee today with the issuance of four new stamps. Whether milky, dark as night, sweetened, flavored or highly concentrated, many coffee drinks have one thing in common — they begin with espresso. This booklet of 20 stamps features four unique designs illustrating popular espresso drinks — espresso, cappuccino, caffe latte and caffe mocha. It may be purchased ...

Celebrating the original film’s 50th anniversary, this stamp collection highlights the droids of Star Wars, and features IG-11, R2-D2, K-2SO, D-O, L3-37, BB-8, C-3PO, a GNK (or Gonk) power droid, 2-1B surgical droid and C1-10P, commonly known as “Chopper.” Designed by Greg Breeding with William Gicker acting as the art director, the collection also brings awareness to Disney’s commitment to science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM), and is a continuation between “Star Wars: F...

USPS Announces New STAR WARS Droid Stamp Set Twitter 0 comments We love the United States Postal Service. For some loose change they’ll take a piece of paper from one side of the country to the other. You can’t beat that deal! However, even the great men and women of the post office have limits. For example, they can’t deliver a letter to Tatooine. Yet. But while you can’t mail something to the galaxy far, far away, you can now add a little bit of USPS The U.S. Postal Service’s new...

The Castillo was built by the Spanish to defend Florida and the Atlantic trade route, and is the oldest masonry fortress in the United States, according to the National Park Service. It is also one of only two fortifications in the world built out of coquina, a limestone naturally formed as ancient seashells bond together underwater. The other is Fort Matanzas National Monument just 14 miles away. Steven Roberts, the NPS chief of interpretation and education for both the Castillo and Fort...

The USPS Will Issue New 2021 Stamps for Price Change by Gino Devaney on Barns, a 36-cent postcard stamp; Brush Rabbit, a 20-cent additional ounce stamp; and Castillo de San Marcos, a $7.95 Priority Mail stamp. The stamps will be available beginning Sunday, Jan. 24. There will be no national first-day-of-issue ceremony for these stamps.   The U.S. Postal Service has four new postcard stamps that celebrate the beauty and history of American barns. The artist created digital paintings of four...

The historic Castillo de San Marcos in St. Augustine will be featured on a new U.S. Postal Service Priority Mail stamp beginning Jan. 24.