What:
An occasion 250 years in the making. The U.S. Postal Service will launch commemorative stamps honoring 25 people whose actions helped form the result of the American Revolution.
The pane of 25 Forever stamps consists of portraits of people organized in 5 rows of 5.
Ethel Kessler, an artwork director and designer for USPS, and illustrator Tim O’Brien created the pane utilizing portraits made particularly for the Postal Service by a dozen artists.
The first-day-of-problem interactive occasion for the Figures of the American Revolution commemorative stamps is free and open to the general public. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #FiguresRevolutionStamps.
Who:
Art director, Ethel Kessler
Artists, Dale Stephanos, Tim O’Brien, Marc Burckhardt, and Kam Mak
When:
April 10, 2026, 11 a.m. ET by means of Sunday, April 12.
Where:
Smithsonian National Postal Museum
2 Massachusetts Ave. NE
Washington, DC 20002
RSVP:
Attendees are inspired to RSVP at usps.com/figuresrevolutionstamps
Background:
Support for American independence got here from all ranges of society. These stamps have fun 25 folks whose actions helped form the American Revolution. The photographs depict varied men and women, together with Native Americans and African Americans. The portraits mirror only a small handful out of many who had been instrumental in serving to to obtain the nation’s independence.
Postal Products:
Customers might buy stamps and different philatelic merchandise by means of The Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 844-737-7826, by mail by means of USA Philatelic or at Post Office places nationwide. For formally licensed stamp merchandise, store the USPS Officially Licensed Collection on Amazon. Additional info on stamps, first-day-of-problem ceremonies and stamp-impressed merchandise might be discovered at stampsforever.com.
