The Stamps

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Spread awareness for the need to protect a beloved marine mammal 

with the new Save Manatees stamp.

The stamp features a gray-green West Indian manatee 

placidly lolling underwater near the surface. 

Manatees don’t have any natural predators, making for a long lifespan.

Manatees are considered a threatened species, and their oceanic habitats are increasingly exposed to the harmful effects of factory farming.

The 2024 May Day card is dedicated in 

loving memory of Carole Villanova. 

Celebrate the rise of Women's Soccer in the United States with this new stamp portfolio. 

From youth league to the elite world championship U.S. team, millions of girls and women across the country participate in the fast-paced world of women's soccer. 

This stamp portfolio shares the story of the sports historic rise. 

These stamps commemorate the 50th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, a civil rights law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex from any educational program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. According to the Postal Service, the law’s “most visible impact has been on school athletics.”

The four stamp designs show dark blue silhouettes of a female runner, swimmer, gymnast and soccer player. Yellow laurel branches symbolizing victory are seen on the athletes’ hair and the swimmer’s cap.

The artist, Whitney Sherman, produced a woman who stands with her right arm raised, reaching behind her head in the position recommended for breast self-examination.  The pose reminded the artist of depictions of the ancient Greek goddess of the hunt, Artemis (Diana of the Romans), reaching back to pull an arrow from the quiver hanging from her shoulder.  The archetype represented by Artemis signifies strength, courage, survival, and hope. 

A 1997 law directed the U.S. Postal Service to issue its first semipostal, a stamp sold with a surcharge to raise funds for a specific cause.  To date this stamp has raised more than $90.7 million for Breast Cancer Research. 

Featuring a bold graphic of an Amur tiger cub, the Save Vanishing Species stamp depicts just one of the magnificent animals that it is designed to help. A portion of every Amur tiger stamp that is purchased helps to fund conservation projects around the world. To date, over $5.7 million has been raise for the cause. 

The stamp commemorates the pioneering spirit of the brave pilots who first flew the mail in the early years of aviation. 

The first-day-of-issue ceremony took place May 1, 2018.