Stamp Roll Dispenser

The fondest holiday memories often include the scent of warm ginger, cinnamon, cloves, and molasses used in gingerbread drifting throughout the house. With a little imagination and a lot of patience, gingerbread can be converted into a whimsical house decorated with stiff royal icing and sparkling candies. Building gingerbread houses today can be as simple as buying kits or as complex as constructing small buildings from scratch, giving people of all skill levels the chance to create joyous holiday memories. Baker Teresa Layman created the gingerbread houses specifically for these stamps.  Sally Andersen-Bruce photographed them and art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps.

The U.S. Postal Service continues its tradition of celebrating the U.S. flag with this new stamp in booklets of 20, and coils of 100and 10,000. Reminiscent of the 50 flags encircling the Washington Monument, these three U.S. flags are shown as if on poles arranged in acircular formation. The flags, shown from a low-angle perspective, billowing in the wind, evoke a sense of reverence and honor.