USPS US Flag 2017 Forever Stamps ¨C Roll of 100

With the new U.S. Flag stamp the Postal Service continues its tradition of celebrating patriotism with one of the most recognizable symbols of the nation. The stamp features a detail from a photograph of the billowing Stars and Stripes. Terrence W. McCaffrey was the art director and Greg Breeding designed the stamp with an existing photograph of the flag taken by Tom Grill. This is for a new roll of 100 stamps. Check to make sure you have genuine stamps and not counterfeits. Mail sent with counterfeit stamps can be confiscated. Genuine stamps will have microprinted letters USPS on every stamp. On the 2017 variety these letters are typically found on the right edge of the flag visible with a magnifying glass such as one of the images above. Genuine stamps have plate numbers such as “P1111” that appear 3 or 4 times along the bottom roll usually every 25 stamps or so as in the first product image. With a shortwave UV light genuine stamps will shine with a green phosphorescent glow while counterfeit stamps just shine bright white. Under a magnifying glass the counterfeit stamps will exhibit lower print quality with noticeable dots and lines while the genuine stamps appear smooth.