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2026 First-Class Forever Stamp,Declaration of Independence
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2026 Declaration of Independence
- Part of America’s 250th anniversary celebration
- Pays tribute to the document that led to US’s independence
- Features 1776, the year the document was adopted
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Value: 78¢, First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: July 4, 2026
First Day City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quantity Issued: 15,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset, Flexographic
Format: Pane of 20
Why the stamp was issued: This stamp was issued in honor of the 250th anniversary of the adopting of the Declaration of Independence.
About the stamp design: The stamp was designed and created by Juan Carlos Pagan. It features “1776” portrayed as quill pens, like those used to sign the Declaration of Independence.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony took place at the B Free Franklin Post Office in Philadelphia. It was part of the Celebration of Freedom festivities that took place on the 250th birthday of America.
Unusual fact about this stamp: Though July 4 is a national holiday, 60 post offices located in the original 13 colonies were open to sell the stamps and provided a special pictorial postmark.
History the stamp represents: The room smelled of horses from a nearby stable, and flies had plagued the Pennsylvania State House all summer. On August 2, 1776, the flies were at their worst. Most Americans believe the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th. It was not. Congress adopted the document that day, but the signing happened nearly a month later. Fifty-six men picked up a pen and committed treason.
They knew the cost before they signed. Several lost nearly everything — estates burned, fortunes destroyed, families scattered by British troops. Richard Stockton of New Jersey was captured, imprisoned, and forced to recant. He died a broken man before the war ended. When the Revolution was finally over, the new nation was too broke to compensate anyone. There was no restoration of what had been taken. Only the freedom they had fought for. It was costly, hard-won, and worth every bit of it.
This US Forever stamp honors that moment, not the celebration, but the courage that preceded it. Each numeral in 1776 is the shape of a quill, the instrument these men used to pledge their Lives, their Fortunes, and their sacred Honor to one another and an impossible dream. Not to a king or a government, but to each other. That is the America that was born — scrappy, defiant, and refusing to quit
2026 Declaration of Independence
- Part of America’s 250th anniversary celebration
- Pays tribute to the document that led to US’s independence
- Features 1776, the year the document was adopted
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Value: 78¢, First Class Mail Rate
First Day of Issue: July 4, 2026
First Day City: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Quantity Issued: 15,000,000
Printed by: Banknote Corporation of America
Printing Method: Offset, Flexographic
Format: Pane of 20
Why the stamp was issued: This stamp was issued in honor of the 250th anniversary of the adopting of the Declaration of Independence.
About the stamp design: The stamp was designed and created by Juan Carlos Pagan. It features “1776” portrayed as quill pens, like those used to sign the Declaration of Independence.
First Day City: The First Day of Issue ceremony took place at the B Free Franklin Post Office in Philadelphia. It was part of the Celebration of Freedom festivities that took place on the 250th birthday of America.
Unusual fact about this stamp: Though July 4 is a national holiday, 60 post offices located in the original 13 colonies were open to sell the stamps and provided a special pictorial postmark.
History the stamp represents: The room smelled of horses from a nearby stable, and flies had plagued the Pennsylvania State House all summer. On August 2, 1776, the flies were at their worst. Most Americans believe the Declaration of Independence was signed on July 4th. It was not. Congress adopted the document that day, but the signing happened nearly a month later. Fifty-six men picked up a pen and committed treason.
They knew the cost before they signed. Several lost nearly everything — estates burned, fortunes destroyed, families scattered by British troops. Richard Stockton of New Jersey was captured, imprisoned, and forced to recant. He died a broken man before the war ended. When the Revolution was finally over, the new nation was too broke to compensate anyone. There was no restoration of what had been taken. Only the freedom they had fought for. It was costly, hard-won, and worth every bit of it.
This US Forever stamp honors that moment, not the celebration, but the courage that preceded it. Each numeral in 1776 is the shape of a quill, the instrument these men used to pledge their Lives, their Fortunes, and their sacred Honor to one another and an impossible dream. Not to a king or a government, but to each other. That is the America that was born — scrappy, defiant, and refusing to quit
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