Santa Forever Stamps Make Holiday Mail Special

Adding a personal touch to your holiday cards is as easy as using Santa Forever Stamps. These stamps are a great way to make your mail stand out.

The Santa Forever Stamp is a Forever Stamp, which means you can use it to mail a letter at any time, even after the holiday season has passed.

The Santa Forever Stamp features a classic image of Santa Claus that has been a staple of holiday mail for decades.

The USPS offers a wide range of forever stamps, including the 2018 Sparkling Holidays Forever Stamps.

These stamps celebrate Christmas and feature classic images of Santa Claus, painted by Haddon Sundblom for The Coca-Cola Company.

The USPS raised the price of forever stamps from 68 cents to 58¢ first class mail rate (forever) in 2018.

The Sparkling Holidays Forever Stamps were issued on October 11, 2018, and are available for mailing holiday cards and letters.

The stamps are sold in booklets of 20 and feature four classic portraits of Santa Claus, taken from larger paintings created by Sundblom.

A souvenir sheet is also available, which includes a stamp and depicts a wider scene of one of Sundblom's paintings chosen for the Sparkling Holidays stamp booklet.

The souvenir sheet includes a gold metallic ink, the flow of the type, and the organic shape of the border, which harken back to graphic styles of the first half of the 20th century.

The USPS began creating full-color holiday-themed vended postage labels in 2012, and they are issued annually sometime between mid-October and early November.

The new vended postage label for the Christmas holiday season features a closely cropped detail from one of the four Sparkling Holidays Forever Stamps issued in 2018.

The USPS offers a wide range of Forever stamps, including the Sparkling Holidays Santa Forever Stamps. These stamps are special postage stamps that stay valid despite future price increases.

The price of stamps is going up again, with the "Forever" stamp price raised to 58¢ for first-class mail. This change is set to take effect in July.

The Sparkling Holidays Forever Stamps were issued on October 11, 2018, as a double-sided pane of 20. The stamps feature paintings by Haddon Sundblom, created for Coca-Cola Co. advertising from the 1940s through the early 1960s.

Collectors can obtain the new vended postage stamps by visiting a post office location with a self-service kiosk. To find a location, visit tools.usps.com and search for Self-Service Kiosks in your area.

The Sparkling Holidays Commemorative Forever stamps are a must-have for any holiday card or letter.

These stamps feature classic images of Santa Claus, painted by Haddon Sundblom for The Coca-Cola Company.

The paintings of Santa were originally published in ads for The Coca-Cola Company from the 1940s through the early 1960s.

Sundblom is credited with refining the modern image of Santa Claus.

A souvenir sheet is available, which includes a stamp and depicts a wider scene of one of Sundblom's paintings.

The souvenir sheet features a scene of Santa standing by a fireplace holding a book that lists good boys and girls.

Santa is depicted reading a note, surrounded by Christmas stockings and greens, with a nostalgic graphic style.

The Sparkling Holidays stamps are available in booklets of 20, featuring four classic portraits of Santa Claus.

The stamps are being shared using the hashtag #SparklingHolidaysStamps, and a video of the ceremony is available on the Postal Service's Facebook page.

The United States Postal Service will offer a vended postage label with an image of Santa Claus for the Christmas holiday season.

This label features a closely cropped detail from one of the four Sparkling Holidays forever stamps issued in October.

The original painting for this image shows Santa outside a home, gesturing at the scene inside, which includes a wreath and a table with a lamp and a note for Santa.

The illustration on the nondenominated (50¢) computer-vended forever postage label focuses on Santa's smiling face and flowing white beard.

Collectors can obtain the new vended postage stamps by looking online for a post office location with a self-service kiosk installed.

To find a self-service kiosk, visit tools.usps.com and select Find USPS Locations from the choices that appear.