Backyard Games Forever 1st Class Postage Stamps
Release date of August 12, 2021
With this pane of 16 Forever® stamps, the U.S. Postal Service celebrates the variety of games Americans play for outdoor recreation.The stamp pane features eight unique designs illustrating eight backyard games—badminton, bocce, cornhole, croquet, flying disc, horseshoes, tetherball, and a variation on pick-up baseball. Each design emphasizes the movement of the game pieces, giving a dynamic quality to the artwork, with a simplified style that evokes the nostalgic feeling of playing backyard games as a child.
As temperatures warm up, Americans head outside to relax and enjoy the sunshine. With a touch of strategy, a bit of luck, and a healthy dose of friendly competition, backyard games provide almost endless amusement. At the beach, in a public park, or in your own backyard, these games are a great way for children and adults to have fun while enjoying the company of friends and family.
Greg Breeding was the art director. Mike Ryan designed the stamps with original artwork by Mick Wiggins.
The Backyard Games stamps are being issued as Forever stamps. These Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.
Made in the USA
Postage stamps are not eligible for discounts through sales or coupon codes.
Artwork Guidelines
- Preferred File Formats: .jpg, .jpeg, .png
- Preferred Image Size: 2000 x 2000 pixels
- Artwork must be a black and white image.
- Image must be without shading or contouring.
- Text is often illegible in wax impressions, please consider the image without text, or make the text as large as possible (7pt minimum) and select a larger stamp.
- We are unable to work from photographs or scanned images.
- Provide us with the image as you would like it to appear in the final wax impression.
- Please note, the image will be reversed when engraved the seal face in order to create a positive impression in the sealing wax. Please send us the positive version of your artwork.
- Please provide your final, finished image.
While we have our talents, designing artwork is best left to actual designers and artists. If you need some help, please take a look on sites such as fiver.com, where you can hire an artist for $5 per project.
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