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2023
Preliminary stamp program for 2023. Details from all USPS announcements are tentative and subject to change. All sheet or pane issues have plate numbers in four corners (UL, UR, LL, LR) unless otherwise specified.
Denominations in parentheses are Forever stamps, if first class rate, or nominal rate, if service-inscribed. The first class rate remained at the 2022 rate of 60¢ for early 2023. Extra ounces 24¢, with value of "forever" 2-ounce and 3-ounce stamps 84¢ and $1.08. The global airmail rate, which is not subject to the same regulations as domestic postal rates, remained unchanged at $1.40. Postcard rate 44¢. Non-machinable rate (typically paid with a butterfly stamp) 99¢. Semi-postal stamps are now 75¢, serving 60¢ with a 15¢ charitable donation. These rates were raised on January 22, 2023. First class +3¢ to 63¢. Extra ounces remain the same at 24¢, with value of "forever" 2-ounce and 3-ounce stamps going to 87¢ for 2 ounces and $1.11 for 3 ounces. Postcard rate +4¢ to 48¢. Global airmal rate, +5¢ to $1.45. Non-machinable rate still to be determined. Semi-postal stamps are presumed to be 80¢, serving 63¢ with a 17¢ charitable donation. These rates are proposed to be raised again on July 9, 2023. First class +3¢ more to 66¢. Extra ounces remain the same at 24¢, with value of "forever" 2-ounce and 3-ounce stamps going to 90¢ for 2 ounces and $1.14 for 3 ounces. Postcard rate +3¢ to 51¢. Global airmal rate, +5¢ more to $1.50. Non-machinable rate still to be determined. Semi-postal stamps are presumed to be 85¢, serving 66¢ with a 19¢ charitable donation. Coil stamps have plate numbers at the bottom center of single stamps and appear in the coil at the interval specified.
Plate numbers and copyright markings for self-adhesive booklet stamps or ATM panes appear on a peelable strip within the pane. Copyright, Pane Position Diagrams (PPD), ZIP code, math aids and other markings have appeared on the back of most regular issues for several years. As it does every year, USPS has moved the tiny date. For 2023, it appears vertically in the upper right corner, reading down.
Regular issues and commemoratives
(24¢) School Bus, additional ounce rate, pane of 20 (Scott 5740): B111111
(24¢) School Bus coil of 100 (Scott 5741): B111111 every 31 stamps
40¢ Red Fox, bulk mail rate (Scott 5742): B11111 See the Wildlife page for additional details
40¢ Red Fox coils of 3000 and 10,000 (Scott 5743): B11111 every 27 stamps See the Wildlife page for additional details
(F) Year of the Rabbit (Scott 5744, imperf 5744a): B111111 in LL and LR
Kitten (Scott 5745) and Puppy (Scott 5746)
Imperf Kitten (Scott 5745a) and imperf Puppy (Scott 5746a)
Sailboat with green sail (Scott 5747) and Sailboat with yellow sail (Scott 5748)
One Sailboat with yellow sail (Scott 5749)
$9.65 Florida Everglades priority mail (Scott 5751): B1111 in UL and LR See the Modern High Values page for additional details
$28.75 Great Smoky Mountains express mail (Scott 5752): B1111 in UL and LR This is the highest denomination U.S. postage stamp issued to date. See the Modern High Values page for additional details Effective January 23, the (F) Forever rate was raised from 60¢ to 63¢.
(F) Ernest J. Gaines (Scott 5753 and imperf Scott 5753a): B1111 at LL and LR
(F) Women's soccer (Scott 5754), and imperf (Scott 5754a): B1111
$10 Floral Geometry (Scott 5755): B1111 in UL and LR See the Modern High Values page for additional details
(5¢) Patriotic block, non-profit bulk rate, coils of 3k/10k (Scott 5756): B111 every 25 stamps
(F) Toni Morrison (Scott 5757); and imperf (Scott 5757a): B1111
Union Terminal (Scott 5762) and Point of Rocks Station (Scott 5758)
Imperf Union Terminal (Scott 5762a) and imperf Point of Rocks Station (Scott 5758a)
from (F) Skateboard Art, four designs (strip of 4 Scott 5766b): B111111111
Imperf Blue Tlingit Skateboard (Scott 5763a) and imperf Jaguar Skateboard (Scott 5766a)
(F) Tulip blossoms coils of 3000 and 10,000, ten designs (strip of 11, preliminary Scott 5776a): B1111 every 27 stamps (F) Tulip blossoms booklet of 20, ten designs (preliminary Scott 5786c): B1111 (F) Freedom U.S. Flag pane of 20: B111 (F) Freedom Flag coils of 100, Ashton-Potter: P111 every 31 stamps (F) Freedom Flag coils of 100, BCA: B111 every 31 stamps (F) Freedom Flag coils of 3000: B111 every 27 stamps (F) Freedom Flag coils of 10,000: B111 every 27 stamps (F) Freedom Flag booklet of 20: P111 (F) Freedom Flag booklet of 20: B111
Scott 5794 and 5793 from (F) Roy Lichtenstein(Scott 5797b): B111111 in LL and LR
Imperf Scott 5794a and 5793a from (F) Roy Lichtenstein (Scott 5797c): B111111 in LL and LR
(F) Tomie dePaola (preliminary Scott 5798; imperf 5798a): P111111 in LL and LR (F) Chief Standing Bear, pane of 20: P11111 in LL and LR
Crayfish (preliminary Scott 5800q) and Sandhill crate (preliminary Scott 5800t) Imperf Crayfish and imperf Sandhill crate (preliminary Scott 5800t) (F) Life Magnified, 20 designs (F) Thinking of You, five designs (F) Piñatas, four designs (F) Osiris REx (F) Holiday - Snow Globes, four designs, booklet of 20 (F) Winter Woodland Animals, four designs, booklet of 20 (F) Ruth Bader Ginsburg, pane of 20 (F) Waterfalls, 12 designs: P1111 in LL and LR (F) John Lewis (25¢) Bridges, bulk rate, four designs, coils of 3000 and 10,000
Pending, expected, unannounced or unofficial
Airmail issues Although the global airmail stamps of the last few years are intended to meet an airmail rate, they are valid for all types of mailings and there is no indication in the stamps' designs that they are primarily for airmail purposes. Therefore Scott assigns a regular catalog number rather than one with the traditional C prefix. We display images of these stamps at the end of the Modern Airmails web page, but with the non-airmal catalogue number that is assigned to them.
Hunting Permit stamps
$25 self-adhesive hunting permit stamp 2023-2024, from pane of 20 (preliminary Scott RW90) $25 Hunting Permit self-adhesive pane of 1 (preliminary Scott RW90A): no plate numbers
Rumored, possible or postponed
(F) Baskets (F) York (Lewis and Clark Expedition) (F) Madonna and Child by Bachiacca (F) Against All Odds (Memorial Day) (F) James Brown, if they can ovecome copyright issues and other disagreements with Brown's estate and heirs (F) Five Fishes (F) Johnny Carson (F) Steve Jobs (F) Latino Baseball (F) Solar Awareness; unclear whether the 2021 Sun Science issue fulfilled this (F) Distinguished Airmen (F) Science Fiction Writers (five designs), which was postponed from the previously announced 2013 program, was originally planned for July 2014, but did not happen then or in 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021 or 2022, so it is apparently now postponed again. There are apparently issues with obtaining the rights from the heirs or estates. (F) The Beatles (announced but postponed, although an individual John Lennon stamp was issued in late 2018) (F) Piñatas (multiple designs) (F) Dora the Explorer (multiple designs) (F) Stop Bullying (announced but postponed) (F) Hanna-Barbera cartoon characters (multiple designs) (F) Skin Health (F) Elizabeth Taylor (announced but postponed; copyright / licensing issues are apparently holding this up) (F) Graphic Design (pane of 12 designs) (F) Aretha Franklin (announced shortly after her death, but has apparently been stalled over copyright / licensing issues)
Official stamps Official stamps were "officially" discontinued in 2013. Government agencies with stamps used up existing stock, then converted to forever stamps, meters and other postage payment methods.
The plate number information appearing on this page has been contributed by APNSS members Jim Cochrane and Rick Burdsall.
A complete listing and valuation of plate numbers, positions and other marginal markings will appear in the next edition of the Hebert's Catalog of Plate Number Singles.
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Opinions expressed by authors are their own and do not necessarily reflect those of the APNSS, its officers or members.
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