Postal stamps recognizing heroes of the Underground Railroad, groundbreaking space discoveries and the beauty of the U.S. will be released in 2024, the U.S. Postal Service announced.

“Stamps are miniature works of art and often tell a story that highlights our American culture, our people or an important point in our history,” said Lisa Bobb-Semple, acting Stamp Services director for USPS. “Stamps also allow us to show what’s important to us as we carefully select which stamp adorns our mail pieces. The 2024 stamps were designed to offer the American public a broad array of choices for those looking to collect stamps or send a special message.”

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The list is only partial and more designs will be revealed in the months ahead. Stamp designs are also preliminary and subject to change.

Here are some of the designs for the coming year:

Lunar New Year ∙ Year of the Dragon – The fifth of 12 stamps in the latest Lunar New Year stamp series celebrates the Year of the Dragon. The dragon mask design incorporates colors and patterns with symbolic meaning.

Love – The 2024 Love stamp features a stylized bird in flight bearing a message of love in its beak. Made of four geometric shapes shown against a rich red background, the white bird carries a pink envelope sealed with a red heart.

U.S. Flags – The Postal Service continues its tradition of celebrating the U.S. flag with these stamps, available in booklets of 20 and in coils of 100, 3,000 and 10,000.

Constance Baker Motley – The 47th stamp in the Black Heritage series honors Constance Baker Motley (1921–2005), the first African-American woman known to have argued a case before the United States Supreme Court and the first to serve as a federal judge. The stamp features a portrait of Motley created by Charly Palmer.

$1 Floral Geometry – In 2024, a new $1 Floral Geometry stamp will be available for purchase. The stamp art features a series of overlapping geometric shapes that mimic the symmetry of floral patterns found in nature.

Pillars of Creation (Priority Mail) – Captured by the James Webb Space Telescope, this extremely high-definition infrared image shows the Pillars of Creation formation within the Eagle Nebula. The image was created through National Aeronautics and Space Administration, the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency and the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Cosmic Cliffs (Priority Mail Express) – This image from the James Webb Space Telescope is a digitally colored depiction of the invisible bands of mid-infrared light emitted by the Cosmic Cliffs of the Carina Nebula. The stamp was designed using an image from NASA, the European Space Agency, the Canadian Space Agency and the Space Telescope Science Institute.

Save Manatees – The Save Manatees stamp will be issued to create awareness about the threats posed to this marine mammal.

Underground Railroad – From the time slavery was introduced to the Colonies until it was abolished in 1865, enslaved people tried to escape. This stamp issuance commemorates the Underground Railroad, as their resistance efforts became known. The pane of 20 stamps features 10 sepia-toned portraits of men and women who escaped slavery and/or helped others escape: Catharine Coffin, Frederick Douglass, Thomas Garrett, Laura Haviland, Lewis Hayden, Harriet Jacobs, William Lambert, Jermain Loguen, William Still and Harriet Tubman. Below each portrait are the words: BLACK/WHITE; COOPERATION; TRUST/DANGER; FLIGHT/FAITH; COURAGE/RISK; DEFIANCE/HOPE; UNDERGROUND; RAILROAD/USA.

Wedding Blooms – There are two wedding bloom flowers – one used to accommodate the weight of heavy invitations for birthdays, weddings, anniversaries and other celebrations.  Complimentary stamps can be used on RSVP envelopes. The stamps feature graphic illustrations of brilliantly colored flowers rendered in ink and gouache paint.

Garden Delights – In each of the four photographs featured on the stamps, a different female ruby-throated hummingbird hovers next to either a zinnia, cigar flower, spotted touch-me-not or sunflower.

Saul Bellow – The 34th issuance in the Literary Arts series honors novelist Saul Bellow (1915-2005). Winner of three National Book Awards, a Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize, Bellow is widely regarded as one of the greatest authors of the 20th century.

Pinback Buttons – The pane of 20 stamps features 10 typographic designs by 10 different artists in their unique styles, each with a single word as the prominent element. The round shape of the stamps, as well as shadowing and reflection effects, give the appearance of three-dimensional pinback buttons.

Protect Sea Turtles – This issuance encourages the protection of sea turtles, one of the oldest groups of animals on Earth. The pane of 18 stamps features close-up photographs of six species — the loggerhead, leatherback, hawksbill, Kemp’s ridley, olive ridley and green sea turtle.

Shaker Design – The year 2024 will mark the 250th anniversary of the arrival of the first Shakers in the United States. Shaker communities made much of what they needed for daily life themselves, including furniture, fabrics, communal buildings and houses.

Horses – This stamp issuance celebrates America’s love of horses. This pane of 20 stamps features five photographs of horses, each in profile. The selvage showcases a sixth horse.

Bluegrass – The stamp art showcases a graphic design that includes four of the string instruments typically used by bluegrass bands: guitar, fiddle, five-string banjo and mandolin.

First Continental Congress, 1774 – In 2024, the Postal Service commemorates the 250th anniversary of the First Continental Congress. The stamp art features a quote from the Congress’s protest letter to the King of England.

Autumn Colors – The beauty of fall will be celebrated with 10 new stamps in a pane of 20, featuring a portfolio of brilliant photographs taken in a variety of locations around the United States.

Christmas Madonna and Child – A new traditional Christmas stamp will be issued in 2024 featuring the Madonna and Child from the Workshop of Sassoferrato. Giovanni Battista Salvi da Sassoferrato (1609-1685), gained popularity for his modestly scaled depictions of the Madonna and Child. The painting is in the collection of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields.

Hanukkah – A new stamp celebrating the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah will be issued in 2024. The art is a graphic depiction of a hanukiah, the nine-branch candelabra used only at Hanukkah, with all candles lighted, signifying the last evening of the holiday. The artwork is created mostly in blue and white, common Hanukkah colors.

Kwanzaa – The Postal Service will issue its 10th stamp celebrating Kwanzaa in the coming year. Observed from Dec. 26 to Jan. 1, the annual pan-African holiday brings together family, community and culture. The artwork for this colorful stamp is a digital collage depicting three figures: a male drummer and two female dancers.

Winter Whimsy F – our new stamps in a booklet of 20 celebrate the winter season with lacy, symmetrical graphic forms inspired by snowflakes.