What denominations of US postage stamps are currently available?

Do All of Today’s Stamps Cost $0.55? No. Stamps can be purchased in a range of denominations from amounts as low as 1, 2, and 3 cents to larger amounts up to $25.50 (Priority Express Stamps).

How many types of postage stamps are there?

Hundreds of countries, each producing scores of different stamps each year, resulted in 400,000 different types of stamps in existence by the year 2000. Annual world output averages about 10,000 types.

How many US stamps have been issued?

In 2020, 13.7 billion U.S. postage stamps were printed, and $736.1 million in stamps and stamp product orders were received by mail, telephone at 1-800-STAMP-24 and online at usps.com/stamps.

What are the new Forever stamps?

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is raising the cost of its Forever First-Class stamps at the end of August. Starting Aug. 29, the cost of a Forever stamp, or mailing a 1-ounce letter, will increase from 55 cents to 58 cents. Additional ounces for letters will remain at 20 cents.

What stamps will be issued in 2022?

U.S. Postal Service Reveals New Stamps for 2022

• Lunar New Year – Year of the Tiger. The third of 12 stamps in the latest Lunar New Year stamp series celebrates the Year of the Tiger.
• Blueberries.
• U.S. Flags.
• Love 2022.
• Edmonia Lewis.
• Butterfly Garden Flowers.
• Mountain Flora.
• Title IX.

Does post office have stamps?

The best and most convenient place to buy postage stamps is at your local US post office. They will have stamps available for various envelope sizes and someone there who can answer any of your questions regarding postal services.

How do I find stamps?

Where to Get Stamps

1. Post Office: You can buy new stamps here.
2. usps.com: You can see and order stamps online.
3. Mailboxes: Many people get stamps every day.
4. Stamp dealers: You can buy older stamps here.
5. The Internet: Web sites on the Internet sell stamps and stamp-collecting supplies.

How do you identify a US stamp?

The only way to tell these two stamps apart is to measure their perforations and watermark them. Some stamp designs look the same, but have been issued for different purposes. The only difference when you look at them may be the number of sides with perforations. A sheet stamp has perforations on all four sides.

Does the post office still sell Forever Stamps?

Forever Stamps are available for purchase at post offices nationwide, online at usps.com, and by phone at 1-800-STAMP-24 (1-800-782-6724). They are sold in sheets and booklets of 20. The value of the Forever Stamp is the domestic First-Class Mail letter price in effect on the day of use.

What are the different types of postage stamps?

At the bottom of each page is a listing of all varieties of U.S. postage stamps, including regular issues, commemoratives, Air Mails, Special Deliveries, Registry Stamps, Postage Dues, Parcel Post, and Parcel Post Postage Dues issued in that year.

How to find stamps in chronological order?

Use these groupings by year to find stamps as issued in (mostly) chronological order. Occasionally, stamps are grouped by theme or set when it makes sense to do so. And sometimes a set has to crossover between two lists.

How many stamps are printed in the US each year?

In 2019, 16.5 billion U.S. postage stamps were printed, and $658 million in stamp and stamp product orders were received by mail, telephone at 1-800-STAMP-24 and online at usps.com/stamps. Out of this world!

Can you use stamp images in the US Postal Service?

The United States Postal Service’s policy is that formal, written permission is not required to use stamp images that were issued prior to January 1, 1979. Illustrations may be in color or in black and white, and may depict philatelic items as uncanceled or canceled.