The stamp releases include, clockwise from left, Charles M. Schulz and “Peanuts,” Hanukkah, Snowy Beauty, Kwanzaa, Virgin and Child, Holiday Elves, and the James Webb Space Telescope.
The Postal Service has announced the following additional stamp releases for 2022:
Charles M. Schulz, saluting the centennial of the comics genius behind “Peanuts”;
James Webb Space Telescope, a celebration of the largest, most complex NASA telescope to ever be deployed;
Snowy Beauty, hand-sketched designs of colorful blooms wearing the gleaming white accents of a late-winter snow;
Hanukkah, a vibrant graphic image of a fully lighted hanukkiah, the nine-branch menorah used only during Hanukkah;
Kwanzaa, depicting a lighted seven-branch candelabrum, known as kinara, between a girl and boy in ceremonial robes;
Virgin and Child, an image of an oil painting from a 16th-century Italian Renaissance artist; and
Holiday Elves, a playful set of stamps showing elves hard at work monitoring a present-laden conveyor belt in a snow-covered forest.
All are Forever stamps and will always be equivalent to the price of a First-Class Mail 1-ounce stamp. The release dates have yet to be announced.
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The pane of 20 Charles M. Schulz stamps will feature 10 “Peanuts” characters forming a frame around a 1987 photograph of the artist.
The James Webb Space Telescope stamp will feature a digitally created depiction of the telescope against a dazzling starscape.
The Snowy Beauty stamps will showcase hand-sketched and painted designs that use light, shadow and luminous color to evoke the beauty of 10 flowers.
The Hanukkah stamp will feature an original wall hanging of hand-dyed, appliquéd and quilted fiber art.
The Kwanzaa stamp will depict a girl and a boy, dressed in robes akin to spiritual garments, with a kinara (candleholder) and seven lit candles (mishumaa saba) in front of them.
Virgin and Child will show an oil-on-panel painting from the first half of the 16th century by a Florentine artist known as the Master of the Scandicci Lamentation.
Holiday Elves will feature a colorful digital illustration of elves preparing toys on a winding conveyor belt in the midst of a snow-laden forest. The stamps will be se-tenant, which means they’ll work together as a single scene or as individual images.
