Betty White, Keith Haring, and cute animals: These are USPSs 2025 stamp designs
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If youve been waiting for a Betty White postagestamp,2025is your year. The U.S. Postal Service has announced its first slate of newstampsfor the new year, including one showing a digital illustration of the lateGolden Girlsactress by Dale Stephanos, plus the latest Love and Flagstamps.[Photo: USPS]This early glimpse into our2025stampprogram demonstrates our commitment to providing a diverse range of subjects and designs for both philatelists andstampenthusiasts, USPSstampservices director Lisa Bobb-Semple said in a statement.An untitled 1985 work by Keith Haring showing two figures with a heart will be next years Lovestamp,a tradition that will be in its 52nd year. The artwork is perfect for astampthat needs to be able to be used not just for Valentines Day, but beyond.[Photo: USPS]The non-specificity of the figures allows a variety of people to see themselves in thisstamp, USPS art director Antonio Alcal said in a statement. Partners getting married, celebrating an anniversary, siblings sending each other a heartfelt greeting, or even party planners setting a positive tone for their event.Next years Flagstampfollows a2023 design that read Freedomand gave me post-9/11 these colors dont run vibes. The newstampuses a photo of the U.S. flag by Doug Haigh and United States of America written out in a thin, sans-serif font. Other newstampsthat are part of long-running series coming out next year include astampof musician Allen Toussaint for USPS Black Heritage series, and astampof snake for lunar new year. Designer Camille Chew made a 3D paper snake mask embellished with acrylic paint for the design.[Photo: USPS]The Appalachian Trail is getting its own pane of 15stampswith photos of the nearly 2,200-mile trail from every state it runs through, and the American Vistasstampsare twostampsbased on screen prints by the Los Angeles design studio DKNG Studios showing a mountain and beach scene.This story was originally published on Yello, a newsletter about design and politics from Hunter Schwarz.
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