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Postal Service to Release Life Magnified Stamps
6 July 2023
The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate the beauty of the microscopic world with 20 new stamps featuring images of some of the smallest components of life.
Derry Noyes, an art director with USPS, designed the stamps and the stamp pane using existing photographs. The images captured for microscope-based research show the phenomena of life in exquisitely fine detail. While stunning on their own as works of art, they also hold scientific significance.
The Life Magnified stamps are being issued as Forever stamps, always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.
Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store, by calling (844) 737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations nationwide.
For more information see the news release below.
Postal Service to Release Life Magnified Stamps
The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate the beauty of the microscopic world with 20 new stamps featuring otherworldly images of some of the smallest components of life as we know it.
For hundreds of years, scientists have held deep fascination with making the invisible elements of our world visible. Development of more refined and precise microscopes over several centuries brought smaller and smaller components of life into focus. By the 20th century, microscopes had become ubiquitous in laboratories across the country and around the globe. Electron microscopes are now essential tools in a variety of scientific fields.
The images that result from microscope-based research show, in exquisitely fine detail, the phenomena of life. While stunning on their own as works of art, these images also hold scientific significance.
Microscopists, both professional and amateur, use a variety of techniques to capture the beauty of their subjects.
Derry Noyes, an art director with USPS, designed the stamps and the stamp pane using existing photographs.
The Life Magnified stamps are being issued as Forever stamps. These Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce price.
The first-day-of-issue event for the Life Magnified Forever stamps will be held at the Great American Stamp Show in partnership with the American Philatelic Society on Thursday, Aug. 10, at 11 a.m. EDT at The Great American Stamp Show held at the Huntington Convention Center of Cleveland.
Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store, by calling (844) 737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations nationwide.