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NOTE: This is a tentative schedule and is subject to change without notice. The APS is not responsible for any errors, changes or omissions.

The city and state designation for each stamp indicates the location, if any, of the official release of the stamps. Unless noted otherwise new U.S. stamps are only available for purchase in this city on the first day of their release, but should be available in all post offices the following day.

2009 stamp issues are available.

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Updated January 22 -- This listing is tentative.

November
December

January
Mackinac Bridge
January 4
Kansas City, Missouri 64144

Single $4.90 Priority Mail stamped envelope -- pack of five. Scott U674


Kol Fish
January 4
Kansas City, Missouri 64144

Two 28-cent postal cards and a 28-cent+28-cent reply card bearing new Cradle to Cradle logo. Scott UX555 (white fish, orange & white fish card), UX556 (black fish, red & white fisht card), UY48 (reply card)


Seabiscuit
January 4
Kansas City, Missouri 64144

Multiple 44-cent stamped envelopes bearing new Cradle to Cradle logo. Multiple formats. Scott U668


Forever Stamped Envelope
January 4
Kansas City, Missouri 64144

Twelve nondenominated (44-cents) forever stamped envelopes. Scott U667


Year of the Tiger
January 14
Los Angeles, Californai 90052

Single 44-cent commemorative stamp -- pane of 12. Scott 4435


Olympic Winter Games
January 22
Park City, Utah 84068

Single 44-cent commemorative stamp, pane of 20. Scott 4436



February

Mackinac Bridge
February 3
Washington, DC 20066

Single $4.90 Priority Mail stamp, pane of 20. Scott 4438

Bixby Creek Bridge
February 3
Washington, DC 20066

Single $18.30 Express Mail stamp, pane of 20. Scott 4439


Liberty Bell
February 3
Washington, DC 20066


Single nondenominated (44-cents) forever stamps with copper 2009 year date, ATM pane of 18. Scott 4437


Distinguished Sailors
February 4
Washington, DC 20066

Four 44-cent commemorative stamps: William S. Sims (Scott 4440); Arleigh A. Burke (4441); John McCoy (4442); and Doris Miller (4443). Pane of 20.

March

Abstract Expressionists
March 11
Buffalo, New York 14240

Ten 44-cent commemorative stamps (Scott 4444): Hans Hofmann's The Golden Wall (1961) (4444a); Adolph Gottlieb's Romanesque Fecade (1949); William de Kooning's Asheville (1948) (b); Mark Rothiko's Orange and Yellow (1956)(c); Jackson Pollock's Convergence (1952) (d); Arshile Gorky's The Liver is the Cock's Comb (1944) (e); Clyfford Still's 1948-C (1948) (f), Robert Motherwell's Elegy to the Spanish Republic No. 34 (1953-54) (g); Joan Mitchell's La Grande Vallee (1983) (h); Barnett Newman's Achilles (1952) (i).


Bill Mauldin
March 31
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501

Single 44-cent commemorative stamp, pane of 20.
(Scott 4445)

April

Flags of Our Nation
April 16
New York, New York 10199

Ten 44-cent commemorative coil stamps: American Flag with Mountain (Scott 4303), Montana (4304), Nebraska (4305), Nevada (4306), New Hampshire (4307), New Jersey (4308), New Mexico (4309), New York (4310), North Carolina (4311) and North Dakota (4312). Roll of 50.


Cowboys of the Silver Screen
April 17
O klahoma City, Oklahoma 73125

Four 44-cent commemorative stamps. Roy Rogers, Tom Mix, William S. Hart and Gene Autry. Pane of 20 and booklet of 20 picture postal cards.

(Scott 4446, UX597) (4447, UX598) (4448, UX599) (4449, UX600)

Scenic American Landscape
April 20
Washington, DC 20066

Ten picture postcards - 28-cent; Acadia (Scott UX601); Badlands (UX602); Bryce Canyon (UX603); Grand Canyon (UX604); Great Smokey Mountains (UX605); Mount McKinley (UX606); Mount Rainier (UX607); St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands (UX608); Yosemite (UX609); Zion (UX610)

 


Love: Pansies in a Basket
April 22
Kansas City, Missouri 64121

Single 44-cent stamp, pane of 20. (Scott 4450)


Adopt a Shelter Pet
April 30
Burbank, California 91505

Ten 44-cent stamps, pane of 20. Wired-haired Jack Russell terrier(Scott 4451); Maltese cat (4452); Calico cat 4453); Yellow Labrador retriever(4454); Golden retriever(4455); Gray, white and tan cat(4456); Black, white and tan cat (4457); Australian shepherd(4458); Boston terrier (4459); Orange tabby cat (4460).

May

Legends of Hollywood Series
Katherine Hepburn
May 12
Old Saybrook, Connecticut
06475

Single 44-cent commemorative stamp, pane of 20. (Scott 4461)

Monarch
May 17
New York, New York 10199


Single 64-cent nonmachinable letter-rate stamp, pane of 20. (Scott 4462)


Kate Smith
May 27
Washington, DC 20066

Single 44-cent commemorative stamp, pane of 20. (Scott 4463)


June

Black Heritage Series
Oscar Micheaus
June 22
New York, NY 10199

Single 44-cent commemorative stamp, pane of 20.


American Wigeon
June 25
Hanover, Maryland 21076

Two $15 federal migratory waterfowl hunting and conservation stamps issued by the U.S. Department of the Interior. Water activated pane of 20, artist-signed pane of one, and self-adhesive pane of one. Not valid for postage.

 
July

Negro Leagues Baseball
July 15
Kansas City, Missouri 64108

Two 44-cent commemorative stamps, pane of 20.


Comic Strips
July 16
Colunbus, Ohio 43216


Five 44-cent commemorative stamps: Archie, Beetle Bailey, Dennis the Menace, Garfield and Calvin and Hobbes, pane of 20.


Scouting
July 27
Fort A P Hill, Virginia 22427

Single 44-cent commemorative stamps, pane of 20.

August

American Treasures Series
Winslow Homer

August 12 - APS StampShow 2010
Richmond, Virginia 23232

Single 44-cent commemorative stamp, pane of 20 (convertible booklet format).

September

Nature of America Series
Hawaiian Rain Forest
September 1
Hilo, Hawaii 96720

Ten 44-cent commemorative stamps, pane of 10 and 10 picture postal cards.


Mother Teresa
September 5
Washington, DC 20066

Single 44-cent commemorative stamp, pane of 20.


Literary Arts Series
Julia de Burgos

San Juan, Puerto Rico 00936

Single commemorative stamp.

October

Angel with Lute
October 21
New York, New York 10199

Single 44-cent commemorative stamp.


Holiday Evergreens
October 21
New York, New York 10199

Four 44-cent special stamps -- ponderosa pine, eastern red cedar, blue spruce and balsam fir.

 


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