Daily printout: Jan. 28

The Postal Service celebrated Colorado’s 150 years of statehood at a dedication ceremony for a new stamp on Jan. 24.

The Colorado Statehood stamp features a photograph of Jagged Mountain, located in the Weminuche Wilderness area of San Juan National Forest, by nature photographer John Fielder.

Amber McReynolds, chair of the USPS Board of Governors, spoke at the event, held at the History Colorado Center in Denver in conjunction with the opening of its “Mountains Majesty: On the Summit with John Fielder” exhibition.

“The new Colorado Statehood stamp captures a glimpse of the majestic beauty of our 38th state so it can be shared and enjoyed by all of us across the country,” McReynolds said “As a Colorado resident, I see a state that embodies its pioneer spirit and comes together with a palpable sense of cooperation and community.”

History Colorado Center President Dawn DiPrince emceed the event. Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and exhibition developer Katherine Mercier also spoke during the ceremony.

Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp using Fielder’s image.

Nicknamed the Centennial State, Colorado joined the nation 100 years after the United States declared independence from Great Britain. It became the 38th state on Aug. 1, 1876.

Known for its ski resorts and more than 39,000 miles of hiking trails, Colorado is also home to many state parks and four national parks: Rocky Mountain, Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Great Sand Dunes and Mesa Verde. Forest preserves, national monuments and wildlife areas also provide opportunities for four-season adventures.

The state has hundreds of ghost towns, numerous craft breweries and many museums including the Denver Art Museum, Ute Indian Museum, Denver Museum of Nature and Science, and the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum.

The Colorado Statehood stamp is available in panes of 20 at Post Offices and usps.com.

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The Postal Service released a stamp earlier this month to honor boxing legend Muhammad Ali.

Here are five facts about the three-time heavyweight champion:

• He started boxing after his bicycle was stolen. A Louisville, KY, police officer, Joe E. Martin, encouraged Ali to try boxing and began training him after the 12-year-old vowed revenge on the thief. At 18, he traveled to Rome for the 1960 Olympics, winning the light heavyweight gold medal. He won his first professional fight later that year.

• He revolutionized boxing style. Ali first captured attention with his dazzling speed and skill. He danced around his opponent using quick footwork — a move that became known as the “Ali Shuffle” — redefining what a heavyweight champion could look like.

• His quotes are legendary. Ali famously proclaimed he would “float like a butterfly and sting like a bee” and “the hands can’t hit what the eyes don’t see” before claiming his first heavyweight title in 1964. Later in his career he joked, “I should be a postage stamp. That’s the only way I’ll ever get licked.”

• He connected with fans through the Postal Service: After being refused an autograph by his boxing idol, Sugar Ray Robinson, as a child, Ali vowed never to deny a request for his signature. Fans wrote to him from around the world, and he spent several hours each day reading and answering letters. Ali faithfully exchanged letters with one Seattle fan for more than three decades.

• He sacrificed his career for his beliefs. In 1967, at the height of his career, Ali was arrested for refusing induction into the U.S. Army during the Vietnam War, citing his religious beliefs and his opposition to fighting for a country that treated him as a second-class citizen. He was stripped of his title and banned from boxing for more than three years. In 1971, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned his conviction, but his suspension cost him his prime boxing years and millions of dollars.

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The latest episode of the “Mailin’ It!” podcast explores the role the Postal Service played during the Great Migration in the 20th century when millions of Black Americans moved from the rural South to the urban North.

The guest is Jim Bruns, the president of the National Navy Museum Foundation and a former director of the National Postal Museum.

The 24-minute episode was released Jan. 27 and is available on Link and other postal websites, as well as most podcast platforms.