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2026 First-Class Forever Stamps,A Day at the Beach
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2026 A Day at the Beach
- Set of 4 stamps celebrating the joys of a seaside vacation
Stamp Category: Definitive
Set: A Day at the Beach
Value: 78¢, First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: April 24, 2026
First Day City: Burlingame, California
Quantity Issued: 125,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Double-sided Booklet of 20
Why the stamp was issued: This set of four stamps picture reminders of summer vacations at the beach.
About the stamp design: Artist Gregory Manchess created the art for this set using oil on board.
First Day City: A special celebration was held during WESTPEX stamp show in Burlingame, California.
History these stamps represents: It seems like the most natural thing in the world. Warm sun on your shoulders, sand between your toes, the rhythm of the waves pulling all worry out to sea. But for most of human history, the beach was not a place anyone wanted to be. The sea stirred genuine fear of shipwrecks, storms, disease, and the monsters that surely lurked beneath the waves. For centuries, people admired the ocean from a safe distance and went home.
The transformation began slowly. By the mid- 1700s, doctors began prescribing sea bathing as a cure for ailments ranging from gout to melancholy. Wealthy Americans followed the European fashion, and Cape May, New Jersey - the country’s oldest seaside resort - began welcoming visitors from Philadelphia as early as 1766. By 1900, Atlantic City alone boasted 400 hotels. Sunbathing, however, remained deeply unfashionable. A tan meant outdoor labor. Pale skin meant privilege. That changed in the 1920s, when a sun bronzed complexion became a symbol of leisure and vitality, and Americans began their long love affair with the shore in earnest.
The rest is a history written in sand. Generation after generation discovered the same simple pleasures. The salty air, rushing waves, and the peace that only comes from staring at a horizon with nothing to do. The shore found its way into the American heart and never left.
2026 A Day at the Beach
- Set of 4 stamps celebrating the joys of a seaside vacation
Stamp Category: Definitive
Set: A Day at the Beach
Value: 78¢, First Class Mail Rate (Forever)
First Day of Issue: April 24, 2026
First Day City: Burlingame, California
Quantity Issued: 125,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset
Format: Double-sided Booklet of 20
Why the stamp was issued: This set of four stamps picture reminders of summer vacations at the beach.
About the stamp design: Artist Gregory Manchess created the art for this set using oil on board.
First Day City: A special celebration was held during WESTPEX stamp show in Burlingame, California.
History these stamps represents: It seems like the most natural thing in the world. Warm sun on your shoulders, sand between your toes, the rhythm of the waves pulling all worry out to sea. But for most of human history, the beach was not a place anyone wanted to be. The sea stirred genuine fear of shipwrecks, storms, disease, and the monsters that surely lurked beneath the waves. For centuries, people admired the ocean from a safe distance and went home.
The transformation began slowly. By the mid- 1700s, doctors began prescribing sea bathing as a cure for ailments ranging from gout to melancholy. Wealthy Americans followed the European fashion, and Cape May, New Jersey - the country’s oldest seaside resort - began welcoming visitors from Philadelphia as early as 1766. By 1900, Atlantic City alone boasted 400 hotels. Sunbathing, however, remained deeply unfashionable. A tan meant outdoor labor. Pale skin meant privilege. That changed in the 1920s, when a sun bronzed complexion became a symbol of leisure and vitality, and Americans began their long love affair with the shore in earnest.
The rest is a history written in sand. Generation after generation discovered the same simple pleasures. The salty air, rushing waves, and the peace that only comes from staring at a horizon with nothing to do. The shore found its way into the American heart and never left.
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