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— April 21 | Shreveport, LA | Double-sided PSA booklet of 20 Peace Rose celebrates one of the most popular roses of all time. The peace rose revolutionized hybrid tea roses with its unique coloring, hardiness, and disease resistance. The stamp art features a detail of a photograph of the rose’s blossom, its creamy yellow petals touched by pink at the edges.The stamp was dedicated at the Gardens of the American Rose Center. April 21 also was the closing date of one of the oldest festivals in the …

-Issue date April 21, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Peace Rose StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline August 21, 2018

-Issue date April 21, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Peace Rose StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline August 21, 2018

— April 6 | Washington, DC | PSA Pane of 20These stamps celebrate the role of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in keeping the United States a global leader in innovation and providing new opportunities for all Americans to learn and explore the world. Each of the four stamps features a collage of faces, symbols, drawings, and numbers that represent the complexity and interconnectedness of the STEM disciplines.In 2015 the Department of Education established the C …

- Issue date April 6, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — STEM Education StampsUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline August 6, 2018

- Issue date April 6, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — STEM Education StampsUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline August 6, 2018

— March 23 | Springfield, IL | PSA Pane of 20Fred Rogers (1928–2003) was known as a beloved television neighbor to generations of children. His groundbreaking public television series “Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood” inspired and educated young viewers with warmth, sensitivity and honesty. Filmed in Pittsburgh and first distributed nationally in 1968 by a predecessor of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), the program was innovative and unlike anything on television for children at that time. Eac …

- Issue date March 23, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Mister Rogers StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline July 23, 2018

- Issue date March 23, 2018.FDCs to:FDOI — Mister Rogers StampUSPS Stamp Fulfillment Services8300 NE Underground Drive, Suite 300Kansas City, MO 64144-9900FDC deadline July 23, 2018

— March 5 | Springfield, IL | PSA pane of 20This stamp celebrates the 200th anniversary of Illinois statehood. The first Europeans to visit Illinois were the French explorers Louis Jolliet and Jacques Marquette in 1673, but the region was ceded to Britain after the French and Indian War. After the American Revolution, Illinois became a territory of the United States, and achieved statehood on December 3, 1818.The stamp art features an outline of the state map with a series of yellow beams that a …