| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | June 14, 2017 |
| Year | 2017 |
| Quantity | 10,000,000 |
| Denomination |
Forever, First-Class Mail®
|
| Denomination Value | $0.49 | Color | Black, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, PMS Cool Gray #7 |
| Perforation or Dimension | 1.27 x 1.27 in/32.26 x 32.26 mm |
| Series | Have a Ball! |
| Series Time Span | 2017 |
| Issue Location | Hartford, WI 53027 |
| Postal Administration | United States |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
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Celebrate our nation’s passion for athletics with this new 25.25 x 12.5 inch press sheet with die cuts, containing eight panes of 16 Have A Ball! Forever® stamps positioned four across by two down.
Eight circular stamps showcase some of the sports balls used daily in the United States as people gather to engage in friendly and fun competition: baseball, basketball, football, golf, kickball, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. A special coating applied to selected areas of the stamps during the printing process gives them a textured feel.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 474906
Celebrate our nation’s passion for athletics with this new set of eight Have A Ball! First Day Covers. Each #6 ¾ envelope bears an affixed Forever® stamp cancelled with an official First Day of Issue postmark.
Eight circular stamps showcase some of the sports balls used daily in the United States as people gather to engage in friendly and fun competition: baseball, basketball, football, golf, kickball, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. A special coating applied to selected areas of the stamps during the printing process gives them a textured feel.
The standard four-bar cancellation marks the date and location of stamp issuance: June 14, 2017, Hartford, WI 53027.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 474916
Celebrate our nation’s passion for athletics with this new set of eight Have A Ball! Digital Color Postmark First Day Covers. Each #6 ¾ envelope bears an affixed Forever® stamp cancelled with an official First Day of Issue color postmark.
Eight circular stamps showcase some of the sports balls used daily in the United States as people gather to engage in friendly and fun competition: baseball, basketball, football, golf, kickball, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. A special coating applied to selected areas of the stamps during the printing process gives them a textured feel.
The digital color postmark features colorful, playful geometric shapes that mimic the texture of some of the sports balls. Also included are the stamp title, as well as the date and location of stamp issuance: June 14, 2017, Hartford, WI 53027.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 474921
Celebrate our nation’s passion for athletics with this new keepsake combination: one pane of 16 Have A Ball! Forever® stamps and a set of eight Digital Color Postmark First Day Covers.
Eight circular stamps showcase some of the sports balls used daily in the United States as people gather to engage in friendly and fun competition: baseball, basketball, football, golf, kickball, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. A special coating applied to selected areas of the stamps during the printing process gives them a textured feel.
The digital color postmark features colorful, playful geometric shapes that mimic the texture of some of the sports balls. Also included are the stamp title, as well as the date and location of stamp issuance: June 14, 2017, Hartford, WI 53027.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 474910
Celebrate our nation’s passion for athletics as well as the First Day of Issue of the Have A Ball! Forever® stamp, with this new official ceremony envelope cover.
The colorful 9.5 × 6.5-inch envelope bears a randomly selected Have a Ball! Forever® stamp and the official First Day of Issue cancellation. Also included are the words “First-Day-of-Issue Ceremony Envelope” and “Celebrate the Art of Stamps” along with the official United States Postal Service® logo.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 474930
On June 14, 2017, in Hartford, WI, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Have a Ball! stamps (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in eight designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 16 stamps. The stamps will go on sale nationwide June 14, 2017.
The U.S. Postal Service celebrates our nation’s passion for athletics with the Have a Ball! stamps. The issuance features colorful illustrations of eight different sports balls:
n A baseball,
n A basketball,
n A football,
n A golf ball,
n A kickball,
n A soccer ball,
n A tennis ball, and
n A volleyball.
The round Have a Ball! stamps feature a special coating applied to selected areas of the stamps during the printing process to give them a textured feel. Mike Ryan designed the stamps and Greg Breeding served as the art director of the project. Daniel Nyari created the colorful, stylized stamp art.
Every day across the United States, people of all ages gather on fields, diamonds, courts, and golf courses to engage in friendly and fun competition. In 2017, the U.S. Postal Service® celebrates our nation’s passion for athletics with Have A Ball! Annually, millions in the U.S. participate in the sports represented on the stamps.
Each of the 16 self-adhesive circular stamps showcases illustrations of one of eight sports balls: baseball, basketball, football, golf, kickball, soccer, tennis, and volleyball. A special coating applied to selected areas of the stamps during the printing process gives them a textured feel. The sheet features two of each design. The words “USA” and “FOREVER 2017” and the name of the sport represented appear on each stamp.
Mike Ryan designed the stamps and Greg Breeding served as the art director of the project. Artist Daniel Nyari created the colorful, stylized stamp art. The Have A Ball! stamps are being issued as Forever® stamps. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.