U.S. # 4988a
2015 49¢ Medal of Honor: Vietnam

First-Class Mail

Value: 49¢ 1-ounce first-class letter rate

Issued: May 25, 2015

First Day City: Washington, DC – at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Type of Stamp: Commemorative
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America/Sennett Security Products
Method: Offset with microprinting in double-sided sheets of 72 with 3 panes of 24 per sheet
Perforation: Serpentine Die Cut 11

Self-Adhesive
Quantity Printed: 30,000,000 stamps

The 2015 Medal of Honor stamps were designed by art director Antonio Alcala, using photographs by Richard Frasier. The stamps were printed in a prestige folio, a new format the USPS created for the Medal of Honor Series that began in 2013 to honor World War II award recipients. The folio pictures most of the nearly 50 living Vietnam War recipients and lists the names of all 258 honorees.

The 2015 Medal of Honor issue was the first in the series to include a stamp for Air Force recipients, as the award wasn’t created until 1965. The other stamps in the series are US #4822-23, honoring World War II recipients, and #4822a-23a, for Korean War recipients. The Medal of Honor was also previously honored in 1983 on US #2045.