Today while I was out and about a friend needed some stamps and I was happy to have 3/4 of a booklet of the Charlie Brown Christmas stamps on me which solved their need.
The timing is perfect for today’s blog post which the idea was started from a reminder from my stamp club friend and am sharing it with us today. Please be aware that after the end of this month, December 31 – there are several U.S. stamps that will no longer be sold by the USPS – they are being withdrawn from regular sale and from sale at Philatelic centers.
Some of these stamps have been around for a while. There are several I will be wanting to stock up on now before they are gone!
At the USPSStamps.com site they list the stamps currently for sale and note that “most, but not all, stamps are available online.”
From the December 10, 2015 USPS Postal Bulletin #22430 pages 63 & 64 (pages 64 & 64 in the pdf version) – it is entitled: “Stamp Stock Items Withdrawn From Regular Sale and From Sale at Philatelic Centers” and to quote “Effective close-of-business December 31, 2015, all Post Offices™, stations, branches, postal stores, vending outlets, and authorized philatelic centers must (1) withdraw the stamp stock items and products listed below and their related vending and store-prepared stamp items from sale, and (2) prepare them for destruction. “
What really caught my eye are the number of Christmas stamps – so now is a great time to stock up for future Holiday mailings.
The list includes:
| 1Item | Description |
| 115461 | Purple Heart First-Day Cover |
| 115500 | $1 Waves of Color |
| 116800 | 21c Abraham Lincoln Memorial Statue Pane |
| 117808 | Eastern Tiger Swallowtail Press Sheet without Die-cut |
| 470097 | Mail a Smile Panel |
| 470333 | Emancipation Proclamation Commemorative Panel |
| 470800 | (Forever) Althea Gibson PSA Pane of 20 |
| 470900 | (Forever) West Virginia Statehood PSA Pane of 20 |
| 472200 | (Forever) Nevada Statehood PSA Pane of 20 |
| 472300 | (Forever) Celebrity Chefs PSA Pane of 20 |
| 472416 | Wilt Chamberlain First-Day Covers Set/2 |
| 472500 | (Forever) Farmers Market PSA Pane of 20 |
| 473106 | Missing Children Press Sheet with Die-cut |
| 473206 | U.S. Coast Guard Press Sheet with Die-cut |
| 473306 | Ingrid Bergman Press Sheet with Die-cut |
| 473408 | Paul Newman Press Sheet without Die-cut |
| 519910 | Where Dreams Blossom Digital Color Postmark Keepsake |
| 541325 | 2013-2014 Migratory Bird Artist Commemorative Card |
| 576300 | Civil War: 1861 (2011) |
| 587408 | Medal of Honor: Korean War Press Sheet without Die-cut |
| 588316 | Global Holiday: Silver Bells Wreath First-Day Cover |
| 588416 | Batman First-Day Cover Set/8 |
| 588716 | Circus First-Day Cover (Full Sheet) |
| 589006 | Elvis Presley Press Sheet with Die-cut |
| 589817 | Gifts of Friendship Joint First-Day Cover |
| 589906 | World Stamp Show — NY 2016 Press Sheet with Die-cut |
| 680206 | A Charlie Brown Christmas Press Sheet with Die-cut |
| 680406 | Geometric Snowflakes Press Sheet with Die-cut |
| 688617 | Poinsettia First-Day Cover |
| 688710 | Virgin and Child by Jan Gossaert Digital Color Postmark Keepsake |
| 688910 | Gingerbread Houses Digital Color Postmark Keepsake |
| 689200 | (Forever) Hot Rods Booklet of 20 |
| 689300 | Songbirds Booklet of 20 |
| 689616 | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer First-Day Covers Set/4 |
| 689716 | Christmas Magi First-Day Cover |
| 689816 | Winter Fun First-Day Covers Set/4 |
| 786400 | Tiffany Lamp Coil/10,000 |
Wishing you the fun of adding some great stamps to your collection and perhaps carry a few of them on you as well – you never know when someone may ask you if you might have one or two! In my case they needed all 15!
Anchors Aweigh,
Helen
Attribution & Thank you to the following who are referenced today —
Special thank you to my stamp club friend with the Wilmington Philatelic Society
Image above of 1 cent US Tiffany stamp and of the Songbirds stamps @USPS @USPSStamps USPSStamps.com Currently For Sale
Excerpt from USPS Postal Bulletin #22430 December 10, 2015 article: PDF HTML “Stamp Stock Items Withdrawn From Regular Sale and From Sale at Philatelic Centers”
