The U.S. Postal Service is reissuing the fan-favorite Mister Rogers stamp after winning a nationwide vote.
WASHINGTON — Mr. Rogers is returning to communities across America…well, at least their mailboxes.
The U.S. Postal Service announced Sunday The beloved 2018 Mister Rogers stamp won the USPS Stamp Encore Contest.
As part of the celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, the public voted for one of their favorite designs in recent years. Mr. Rogers’ stamp received 40,000 more votes than the next highest contender.
The U.S. Postal Service said the initial issue of 12 million stamps sold out within weeks of their debut in 2018.
The Mister Rogers stamps are now reissued with four new Mister Rogers commemorative sheets.
How to Get a Mister Rogers Forever Stamp
The reissued stamps will go on sale from post offices across the country on Monday 1 June. You can also buy online: postal store.
If you happen to be in Boston this week, these stamps will be available exclusively at the 2026 Boston World’s Fair until May 30.
“Fred Rogers often shared the thought: ‘You are more than the age you are. You are all the ages you have been.'” said Isaac Cronkhite, chief processing and distribution officer and executive vice president for the Postal Service. “In this context, I believe Mr. Rogers’ stamps resonate with the child within each of us—as well as the children who cast so many votes and the children who came before.”
“Fred Rogers believed that the space between the television set and the viewer was a ‘sacred place,'” said Emma Lee, president of the Fred Rogers Institute. “The mail children sent to Mr. Rogers, and the letters he wrote back, became an important extension of this sacred connection. Reissuing this stamp perfectly commemorates the lasting connection he forged with his television friend.”
CNN Newsource contributed to this report.
