Stamp and Ceremony Schedule
The following is the USPS stamp and first day ceremony schedule for 2023.
January 5 Fox, Arkansas 40 cent Red Fox no ceremony
January 5 High Point, North Carolina School Bus second ounce Forever stamp no ceremony
January 12 San Francisco, California Year of the Rabbit - 11AM PST, Asian Art Museum, 200 Larkin Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 USPS ceremony and program
January 19 Austin, Texas Love 2023: Kitten and Puppy - 11AM CST, Austin Pets Alive!, 1156 West Cesar Chavez Street, Austin, Texas 78703 - USPS ceremony and program
January 22 Gatlinburg, Tennessee - $28.75 Great Smoky Mountains Priority Mail Express rate stamp no ceremony
January 22 Homestead, Florida - $9.65 Florida Everglades Priority Mail rate stamp no ceremony
January 22 Lahaina, Hawaii Sailboats postcard rate Forever stamp no ceremony
January 23 Lafayette, Louisiana Ernest J. Gaines Black Heritage stamp - 11AM CST, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 620 McKinley Street, Lafayette, Louisiana 70503 USPS ceremony and program
February 16 Orlando, Florida Womens Soccer 11AM EST, Exploria Stadium, 618 W. Pine Street, Orlando, Florida 32805 USPS ceremony and program
February 24 San Diego, California - $10.00 Floral Geometry - San Diego Stamp Expo, Hilton San Diego Mission Valley Hotel, 901 Camino del Rio South, San Diego, California 92108 San Diego Stamp Expo ceremony and program
March 1 Liberty, New York Patriotic Block no ceremony
March 7 Princeton, New Jersey Toni Morrison 11AM EST, Princeton University, Richardson Auditorium in Alexander Hall, 68 Nassau Street, Princeton, New Jersey 08544 USPS ceremony and program
March 9 Cincinnati, Ohio Railroad Stations 11AM EST, Cincinnati Union Terminal, 1301 Western Avenue, Cincinnati, Ohio 45203 USPS ceremony and program
March 24 Phoenix, Arizona Art of the Skateboard 11AM MST, Desert West Skate Plaza, 6602 West Encato Boulevard, Phoenix, Arizona 85035 USPS ceremony and program
April 5 Woodburn, Oregon Tulip Blossoms 11AM PDT, Wooden Shoe Tulip Festival, 33814 South Meridian Road, Woodburn, Oregon 97071 USPS ceremony and program rsvp at www.usps.com/tulipblossoms
April 10 Freedom, Maine Freedom US Flag no ceremony
April 24 New York, New York Roy Lichenstein 11AM EDT, Whitney Museum of American Art, Susan and John Hess Family Theater, 99 Ganesvoort Street, New York, New York 10014 USPS ceremony and program
May 5 Manchester, New Hampshire Tomie dePaola 11AM EDT Currier Museum of Art, 150 Ash Street, Manchester, New Hampshire 03104 USPS ceremony and program
May 12 Lincoln, Nebraska Chief Standing Bear USPS ceremony and program
May 19 Wall, South Dakota Endangered Species USPS ceremony and program
June 13 Yellowstone National Park, Wyoming Waterfalls USPS ceremony and program
June 23 - $25.00 2023-2024 Federal Duck stamp
July 9 Bird City, Kansas Northern Cardinal stamped envelope no ceremony
July 21 Atlanta, Georgia John Lewis USPS ceremony and program
August 10 Cleveland, Ohio Life Magnified 11AM EDT, Great American Stamp Show, Huntington Convention of Cleveland Hall C, 300 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 USPS ceremony and program
August 11 Cleveland, Ohio 11AM EDT, Great American Stamp Expo, Huntington Convention of Cleveland Hall C, 300 Lakeside Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio 44113 USPS ceremony and program
August 24 Portland, Connecticut Bridges Presorted First Class rate stamps Connecticut Cover Club ceremony and program anticipated
Dates and first day locations have not yet been announced for the following 2023 issues:
OSIRIS-REx
Pinatas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
Snow Globes
Winter Woodland Animals
[Thanks to Foster Miller III for providing this data.]