Spring Season Flag

On May 3, 2013, in Weston, Massachusetts at the Spellman Museum of Stamp and Postal History, the Postal Service™ will issue A Flag for All Seasons First-Class Mail^® stamp (Forever^® priced at 46 cents) in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 100 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide May 3, 2013.

On May 17, 2013, in Rochester, New York at the ROPEX/NTSS Stamp Show, the Postal Service™ will issue Ashton Potter's and Banknote Corporation of America's (/SSP) A Flag for All Seasons First-Class Mail^® stamp (Forever^® priced at 46 cents) in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide May 17, 2013. The stamps were previously issued as: PSA Coil of 100, 5/3/13.

On August 8, 2013, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, at the American Philatelic Society Stamp Show, the Postal Service™ will issue Avery Dennison's (AVR) A Flag for All Seasons (Forever^® priced at 46 cents) First-Class mail^® stamps in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps, produced by security printer Avery Dennison. The stamps will go on sale nationwide August 8, 2013.

On August 16, 2013, in Independence, Ohio, at the Americover Stamp Show, the Postal Service™ will issue Banknote Corporation of America's (/SSP) A Flag for All Seasons (Forever^® priced at 46 cents) First-Class mail^® stamps in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of ten stamps.

From the heights of sunny summer to the snowy depths of winter, Old Glory proudly waves—thanks to laws and traditions that encourage respect for our vital national symbol. Guidelines for the display and treatment of the American flag hark back to the National Flag Code adopted in 1923 at the National Flag Conference and amended a year later. A federal law in 1942 further provided specific rules for using and displaying the flag.

Federal law states that the American flag should be displayed every day of the year, but especially on federal and state holidays, the “birthdays” of states, and other days according to presidential proclamation. As long as a flag is a durable, all-weather flag, it may be displayed outdoors throughout the year, regardless of the weather.

Each of the four A Flag For All Seasons stamps shows an American flag, viewed from below, flying from a pole at full staff against a background of trees that evoke one of the four seasons of the year.

The stamp art, gouache on illustration board, is the work of Laura Stutzman, who used her personal photographs of the flag as art reference. The art director was Phil Jordan.

These stamps are being issued as Forever® stamps.