The Postal Service announced the first wave of its 2027 stamp program on Nov. 9, 2026, and the first wave includes sports legends, mythical creatures, a new Love stamp and a flag marking 250 years of the Stars and Stripes. This page tracks every announced 2027 USPS stamp, with formats, issue dates and first-day cities added as the Postal Service confirms them. Last updated November 2026.
Announced 2027 USPS Stamps So Far
The Postal Service described the November 9 announcement as a partial list, and the Postal Service stated that additional 2027 subjects will be announced in the coming weeks and months. No issue date, first-day city or price had been published for any 2027 stamp at the time of the announcement, and the Postal Service described the designs shown in the announcement as preliminary and subject to change. The table will be sorted by release date as the Postal Service confirms first-day dates, and the format column lists only formats that the Postal Service stated in the announcement or that are printed on the preliminary designs.
| Design | Stamp | Format | Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Pat Summitt University of Tennessee women’s basketball coach (1952 to 2016) | Forever | To be announced |
 | Black Heritage: Willie Mays Baseball Hall of Famer, the 50th stamp in the Black Heritage series | Not yet announced | To be announced |
 | Lunar New Year: Year of the Goat Eighth stamp in the third Lunar New Year series, which began in 2020 | Forever | To be announced |
 | Love The annual Love stamp, designed by artist Lisa Congdon | Forever | To be announced |
 | Unicorns Four unicorn scenes by artist Kendra Binney | Pane of 16, four designs | To be announced |
 | Colorful Blooms Abstract flower illustrations by Magrikie Berg | Forever, four designs | To be announced |
 | Celebrate All-occasion stamp for invitations and cards | Forever | To be announced |
 | Veggies Forever Vegetable photographs by Renee Comet | Booklet of 20, ten designs | To be announced |
 | U.S. Flag 250th anniversary of the Stars and Stripes | Forever | To be announced |
 | Mythical Creatures Mothman, Jackalope, Squonk, Sasquatch and Champ | Five designs | To be announced |
 | E Pluribus Unum The national motto with an image of Lady Liberty | Forever | To be announced |
 | Cure Childhood Cancers Net surcharge proceeds go to the National Institutes of Health | Semipostal | To be announced |
 | Halloween A vampire, a witch, a mummy and Frankenstein’s monster | Forever, four designs | To be announced |
 | You’re Invited: Wedding Edition Postage for heavier wedding invitations | 2-ounce stamp | To be announced |
 | With Love Wedding RSVP notes and greeting cards | 1-ounce Forever | To be announced |
 | You’re Invited: For All Occasions Invitations up to 1 ounce, in several colors | Pane of 10 Forever | To be announced |
Highlights of the 2027 Program for Collectors
The Willie Mays stamp is the 50th stamp in the Black Heritage series, a series that the Postal Service began in 1978 with a stamp honoring Harriet Tubman. A milestone number in a long-running series tends to draw attention from series collectors, and the Willie Mays stamp also draws baseball topical collectors, because the Postal Service announcement credits Willie Mays with 12 Gold Glove Awards and a career that began with the New York Giants.
The U.S. Flag stamp marks 250 years since the Stars and Stripes was adopted in 1777, which places the 2027 flag issue directly after the 2026 semiquincentennial issues for collectors building a 250th anniversary topical collection. The photograph for the U.S. Flag stamp was taken at Alexandria City Hall in Virginia, according to the Postal Service announcement.
The Mythical Creatures set features five figures from regional American folklore. The Mythical Creatures set includes Mothman, the Jackalope, the Squonk, Sasquatch and Champ, with artwork by Nat Power.
The wedding stamps arrive as a group of three stamps intended for different pieces of the same wedding mailing. The You’re Invited Wedding Edition stamp covers the 2-ounce rate that heavier wedding invitations require, the With Love stamp is a 1-ounce Forever stamp intended for reply cards, and the You’re Invited For All Occasions stamp is sold in panes of 10 Forever stamps for invitations up to 1 ounce. The Postal Service credits calligrapher Nina Tran with the lettering on the wedding stamps.
The Cure Childhood Cancers stamp is a semipostal, and a semipostal stamp is sold above the First-Class Mail rate, with the surcharge directed to a designated cause. The Postal Service stated that net proceeds from the Cure Childhood Cancers surcharge will go to the National Institutes of Health, and the Postal Service has not yet announced the surcharge amount.
What Has Not Been Announced Yet
The Postal Service has not yet published issue dates, first-day-of-issue cities or prices for the 2027 stamps announced on November 9. The Postal Service usually releases first-day details for each stamp shortly before the stamp is issued, and the Postal Service publishes the technical detail for each stamp as a numbered stamp announcement in the Postal Bulletin. Additional 2027 subjects are expected, because the Postal Service described the November 9 list as partial, and this page will add new 2027 stamps and confirmed dates as the Postal Service announces them.
The 2026 program followed the same pattern of announcements in waves through the year, and the USPS stamp release schedule for 2026 shows how the full calendar filled in from the first announcement.
Collecting Tips for the 2027 Program
Buy mint panes and booklets at the Post Office or usps.com during the release window to get them at face value. For first-day covers, plan around the first-day cities once they are announced, since first-day-of-issue postmarks come only from the designated city. Modern issues are printed in large quantities, so most 2027 stamps will remain face-value material for years. Collect them for the designs and the stories behind them.
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Where to Confirm Updates
The Postal Service Newsroom at about.usps.com and the Postal Bulletin are the authoritative sources for 2027 stamp dates and ceremony locations, and dates and locations can change after they are published. If you are ready to part with older material rather than add to it, see our guide to selling a stamp collection.
