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2024
Preliminary stamp program for 2024. 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 second price hike of 2023 took effect on July 9, 2023. The first class rate of 66¢ was valid into early 2024. Extra ounces remained at 24¢, with value of "forever" 2-ounce and 3-ounce stamps at 90¢ for 2 ounces and $1.14 for 3 ounces. Postcard rate was 51¢. Global airmal rate, $1.50. Semi-postal stamps were sold at 85¢, serving 66¢ in postage with a 19¢ charitable donation of about 28.8%. USPS raised the first class rate to 68¢ effective January 21, 2024. The postcard rate increased from 51¢ to 53¢. International letters, also known as the Global airmail rate, increased from $1.50 to $1.55 per ounce (or for the first two ounces, for mail to Canada). Semi-postal stamps continued to be sold at 85¢, serving 68¢ in postage with a 17¢ charitable donation of exactly 20%. 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 moved the tiny date appearing on new stamp designs. For 2024, it appeared horizontally in the lower right corner.
Regular issues and commemoratives
(F) Love 2024, Dove with Envelope (Scott 5826), and imperf (Scott 5826a): P111 Effective January 21, the (F) Forever rate was raised from 66¢ to 68¢.
$9.85 Pillars of Creation (priority mail rate) (Scott 5827): P1111 in UL and LR
$30.45 Cosmic Cliffs (express mail rate) (Scott 5828): P1111 in UL and LR
(F) Year of the Dragon (Scott 5829) and imperf (Scott 5829a): B111111 in LL and LR
(F) Constance Baker Motley (Scott 5830), and imperf (Scott 5830a): P1111 in LL and LR
(3 oz - $1.16) Saul Bellow, 3 ounce rate (Scott 5831): B11111
(10¢) Radiant Star, presorted standard coil of 3,000 (preliminary Scott 5832): B111 every 27 stamps
(F) John Wooden (Scott 5833) and imperf (Scott 5833a): B1111 (F) Underground Railroad, 10 designs, and imperf (preliminary Scott 5834-5843): P1111 in LL and LR
(F) Bluegrass Music (preliminary Scott 5844) and imperf (Scott 5844a), : B1111
Hummingbird and yellow flower (preliminary Scott 5846) and Hummingbird with red flowers (preliminary Scott 5848)
(F) Celebration Blooms "wedding stamp" (preliminary Scott 5849): B11111 (2 oz - 92¢) Wedding Blooms, 2 ounce rate (preliminary Scott 5850): B11111 (F) Save Manatees booklet (preliminary Scott 5851): B1111 (F) Betty Ford (preliminary Scott 5852) and imperf (Scott 5852a): B11111 in LL and LR $1 Floral Geometry (preliminary Scott 5853): B1111 in UL and LR (F) Ansel Adams, 16 designs (preliminary Scott 5854a-5854p): B1 in LL and LR (F) U.S. Flags, four designs, coil of 100 (F) U.S. Flags, four designs, booklet of 20 Additional formats may be announced 1¢ Fringed Tulip, pane of 20 1¢ Fringed Tulip coil of 10,000 2¢ Daffodils, pane of 20 2¢ Daffodils coil of 10,000 3¢ Peonies, pane of 20 3¢ Peonies coil of 10,000 5¢ Red Tulips, pane of 20 5¢ Red Tulips coil of 10,000 10¢ Poppies and Coneflowers, pane of 20 10¢ Poppies and Coneflowers coil of 10,000 (F) Pinback Buttons, 10 designs (F) Protect Sea Turtles pane of 18, six designs (F) Shaker Design, 12 designs (F) Horses, five designs (F) Dungeons and Dragons, 10 designs (F) Carnival Nights, 10 designs (F) Hank Aaron (F) First Continental Congress (F) Autumn Colors, 10 designs (F) Christmas - Madonna (F) Hanukkah (F) Kwanzaa (F) Winter Whimsey, four Snowflake designs, booklet of 20
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 2024-2025, from pane of 20 (preliminary Scott RW91) $25 Hunting Permit self-adhesive pane of 1 (preliminary Scott RW91A): no plate numbers
Official stamps Official stamps were "officially" discontinued in 2013. The handful of federal government agencies with remaining stock used up their existing stamps, 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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