With this new 2019 stamp, the Postal Service celebrates the American flag – the most recognizable symbol of the nation – on the 150th anniversary of the first U.S. stamps to depict Old Glory, the 10¢ yellow and 30¢ ultramarine & carmine Eagle, Shield and Flags Pictorial issues of 1869 (Scott 116 & 121). The photographic image on the new horizontally-formatted Forever stamp features a U.S. flag on the flagpoles near the end of Chicago’s Navy Pier, proudly waving in a May breeze. The photograph was taken by UPSP art director Antonio Alcalá.
