The Postal Service will issue its Postcrossing stamps on Tuesday, May 26.
The four stamps celebrate sending and receiving international mail, and recognize Postcrossing, which is a global project that enables participants to send and receive postcards from random people around the world.
Postcrossing was created in 2005 by Portuguese student Paulo Magalhães. Since its launch, more than 800,000 people in more than 200 countries and territories have sent more than 85 million postcards.
The new stamps are triangular and feature four colorful scenes that acknowledge the distances postcards travel and the postal workers who deliver them.
They include a rider on horseback in the American West; a diver in scuba gear; an astronaut in space; and a person on a motorcycle.
Each stamp contains a figure with a postcard featuring one of these triangular stamps.
The stamps were designed by Antonio Alcalá, an art director for USPS, with illustrations by Jackson Gibbs.
A dedication ceremony for the stamps will take place at the Boston 2026 World Expo.
The Global Forever stamps will be available in sheets of eight at Post Offices and on usps.com.
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