United States stamp collectors will get a break from new issues until January 2010. There are no new U.S. stamps scheduled for release in November or December.
So far, few images of 2010 stamp designs have been officially revealed, though the subjects of many of the stamps that will be issued next year were described in Linn’s over the past few months.
One design officially unveiled is the 44¢ Year of the Tiger stamp, to be issued in January. The design features daffodils, along with a tiny tiger in the upper left corner. The stamp is part of the Postal Service’s lunar new year series.
On Sept. 25 in Albany, N.Y., the Postal Service formally revealed designs for the fourth set of stamps in the Flags of Our Nation commemorative coil series. This set is tentatively scheduled to be issued in June 2010.
The flag designs may look familiar to Linn’s readers, as they were previously pictured in Linn’s as part of the 2009 U.S. program. Postal Service budget cuts delayed the issue and pushed back part of the Flags of Our Nation series program, which is now set to conclude in 2012.
More designs for the 2010 stamp program are expected to be revealed over the next few months.
— Jay Bigalke, Linn’s online editor and Postmark Pursuit columnist
