USPS has released a new Star Ribbon Forever Stamp


"This beautiful stamp features the five-pointed star, one of America's most enduring symbols," said Michael J. Elston, acting secretary of the US Postal Service Board of Governors and the stamp ceremony's dedicating official. "The Star Ribbon Forever stamp is a modern take on patriotic stamps that evokes the connectedness of the American people, reminding us that there is so much more that unites us than divides us."

 

Kristin Maravelias, vice president of the American Stamp Dealers Association, and Michael J. McInturf, area marketing manager, Great Lakes Area, U.S. Postal Service, joined Elston.

 

The Star Ribbon stamp features a digital illustration of a star made from a single red, white, and blue ribbon. The stamp is available in coils of 3,000 and 10,000, as well as panes of 20.

 

The five-pointed star first appeared on a US postage stamp in 1855, as the sixth new stamp design since stamps were first issued in 1847.

 

Aaron Draplin created the artwork by sketching the design by hand and then rendering it digitally. Greg Breeding was the project's art director.

 

These Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.