2023 U.S. Flag Forever Stamps

With the 2023 U.S. Flag stamp. the U.S. Postal Service honors an important symbol of our nation.

The stamp is being issued in panes of 20. and coils of 100 and 3.000. bears a straightforward graphic design of the red. white. andblue. Providing a solid foundation for the flag are the word FREEDOM in a gray slab sans serif font and. below it. FOREVER / USAin a smaller sans serif font. The manner in which the text is positioned suggests the endurance of freedom as a core value.The flag serves as a visual reminder of the array of freedoms that Americans enjoy. lts design dates to 1777 when the ContinentalCongress specified 13 horizontal stripes and 13 stars to honor the 13 original colonies. Various versions of the early flag continuedto be used until. in 1818. the U.S. Congress standardized the design. mandating 13 stripes forever but a star for every state.Another act of Congress. in 1947. set the date for each new star's official addition to the flag as the July 4 following the state'sadmission to the Union. The last time the flag changed was july 4. 1960. after Hawali achieved statehood the previous Auqust