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Postal Stamp Honoring Big Bend National Park Arrives In January

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By NPT Staff - December 16th, 2019
Big Bend National Park will grace a priority mail stamp being issued by the U.S. Postal Service in January.

Big Bend National Park will grace a priority mail stamp being issued by the U.S. Postal Service in January.

Fans of Big Bend National Park will want to head to their local post office on January 18. That's the day the U.S. Postal Service will release a priority mail stamp in honor of the park.

There will be no national first-day-of-issue ceremony for the stamp. Details on obtaining first-day-of-issue cancellations will be announced in a future Postal Bulletin issue.

The Big Bend stamp, which is being issued along with one featuring ice caves at Grand Island, Michigan, is a convenient way for customers to pay for Priority Mail and Priority Mail Express Flat Rate shipping with a single stamp.

Priority Mail is a fast domestic service that includes flat rate shipping in one, two, or three business days, based on where your package starts and where it’s being sent. Priority Mail Express is the fastest domestic service, with limited exceptions; available 365 days a year, with a money-back guarantee and delivery shipping to most U.S. addresses, including PO Boxes.

With the $7.75 Big Bend stamp, the Postal Service celebrates the beauty of the Big Bend region in West Texas, where river, mountain and desert ecosystems coexist in its vast expanses. The stamp art depicts the Rio Grande flowing between the sheer limestone cliffs of Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park. Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp with original art by Dan Cosgrove.

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