Celebrate the Magic of Carnival Nights Stamps

The U.S. Postal Service is celebrating one of America’s favorite pastimes with its Carnival Nights stamps. The first-day-of-issue ceremony is free and open to the public. News of these Forever stamps is being shared with the hashtag #CarnivalNightsStamps. Thursday, June 6, 2024, at 6 p.m. Central.

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Celebrate the thrill and nostalgia of carnival nights with this colorful pane of 20 stamps featuring 10 new images that convey the energy and color of a summer carnival after the sun goes down.

A variety of rides is shown in vibrant neon hues against a black night sky. Fireworks burst from behind a panorama of lights, and a row of glittering amusement booths invite passersby to try their luck.

The photographs depict:
Row one (left to right)
1. Wave Swinger Ride; photograph by Annette Shaff
2. Midway Gondola Wheel and a Ring of Fire; photograph by Annette Shaff
3. Gondola Wheel; photograph by Joe Sohm
4. Round-Up Ride; photograph by Bob Davidson
Row two (left to right)
5. Gondola Wheels; photograph by Aleff Gripp
6. Gondola Wheel; photograph by Pamela Hennessey
7. Carousel; photograph by Sarah Beard Buckley
8. Gondola Wheel and Wave Swinger; photograph by Anthony Totah
Row three (left to right)
9. Gondola Wheel; photograph by Phil Roeder
10. Gondola Wheel, Wave Swinger and Midway Food and Game Booths; photograph by Timothy Hughes

The next 10 stamps repeat in the same order as the first 10.

Greg Breeding, an art director for USPS, designed the stamps using existing photographs.

USPS