USPS Unveiling New 2009 Holiday Stamps

New York Mega Stamp Show Receives Special Delivery

What: To mark the first day of issuance, officials will unveil enlargements of the four new 44-cent stamps for the 2009 holiday season.

Who: David Failor, Postal Service Executive Director, Stamp Services
Rachelle Parker, Postal Service Manager, Customer Relations, NYC
James E. Lee, President, American Stamp Dealers Association
Wade E. Saadi, President, American Philatelic Society

When: Thursday, October 8, 12:30 p.m.

Where: The New Yorker Hotel
Gramercy Park 3rd floor
481 Eighth Avenue
New York City, NY 10001-1809

Background: On Thursday, October 8, 2009 the U. S. Postal Service will issue the Winter Holidays stamps during the Mega Stamp Show being held at the New Yorker Hotel in NYC.

This 44¢ Winter Holidays (four designs) in a PSA booklet of 20 stamps, and a PSA ATM booklet of 18 stamps. This 2009 stamp features the winter holiday season with stamps featuring a reindeer, snowman, gingerbread man, and nutcracker. This is the first Postal Service stamp project for artist Joseph Cudd. His company, Brushworks Studio, in Greensboro, NC, is primarily a gift wrap and print design firm. To create these stamps, Cudd first sketched the designs by hand and then finished them on the computer using a graphics tablet.

The Mega Stamp Show is on the 2nd floor and the hours are Thursday – Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m.; Sunday 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.

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