Fewer people are sending items by mail these days, opting instead for online bill pay, email and social media. But some prefer the traditional feel of mailing cards, bills or letters, or trust the ...

The USPS often releases new designs for stamps, such as the fishing-themed images on last week's new set of Forever Stamps, or stamps that commemorate public holidays, or the advent of a new year.

According to USPS, the independent agency receives about 30,000 suggestions for new stamps every year—a huge number which shows that many Americans care deeply about who and what they see ...

Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps, with illustrations by Greg Harlin and photographs by Jon Bilous, Richard Lewis, Tom Morris, Gregory J. Parker and Kevin Stewart.