The releases will spotlight battlefields, powwows and more
The Postal Service’s stamp releases will include, clockwise from left, Battlefields of the American Revolution, Powwows, Freshwater Fishing Lures, Star Cluster and Spiral Galaxy.
The Postal Service has announced more stamp releases for 2025:
• Freshwater Fishing Lures, five stamps that will feature brightly detailed photographs of five lures;
• Battlefields of the American Revolution, a pane of 15 stamps that will mark the 250th anniversary of the start of the revolution;
• Powwows: Celebrating Native American Culture, four stamps that will showcase the Native American social and ceremonial gatherings that feature music and dance;
• Spiral Galaxy, a Priority Mail stamp that will show an extremely high-definition image of a spiral galaxy 32 million light-years from Earth; and
• Star Cluster, a Priority Mail Express stamp that will show a star cluster approximately 1,000 light-years from Earth.
USPS announced the stamps Dec. 16. The designs are preliminary and may change.
In November, the Postal Service announced other 2025 stamps, including releases honoring Betty White, Allen Toussaint, a Love stamp featuring artwork by Keith Haring and Year of the Snake, next year’s Lunar New Year release.
The Freshwater Fishing Lures stamps will feature brightly detailed photographs that show five lures considered icons of the sport.Battlefields of the American Revolution, a pane of 15 stamps, will showcase watercolor paintings depicting scenes of five battles alongside photographs of sites involved in each battle.Powwows: Celebrating Native American Culture, will feature original paintings of four powwow dancers performing their craft against brightly colored backgrounds that highlight each dancer’s movement and traditional dress.Spiral Galaxy, a Priority Mail stamp, will feature an extremely high-definition image of a spiral galaxy 32 million light-years from Earth. The image, captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, helps researchers update their models of star formation and allows them to better understand the origins of our universe.Featuring a second image captured by NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope, the Star Cluster Priority Mail Express stamp will show a star cluster approximately 1,000 light-years from Earth. Hidden within the cloud of celestial dust are floating brown dwarfs — objects too small to be stars but larger than most planets. Studying these brown dwarfs will help scientists explore how star-formation processes operate for very small masses.
