Can You Find Richard Feynman on Your Next Stamp Purchase?

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The US Postal Service is set to release a new series of four 37-cent "American Scientists" postage stamps featuring notable figures Richard Feynman, Josiah Willard Gibbs, John von Neumann, and Barbara McClintock. These stamps will be available at most post offices starting Thursday, May 5. Residents in New Haven, CT, can purchase them a day earlier and attend a first-day ceremony at Yale. Enthusiasts express excitement about the release and plan to buy multiple stamps, with some expressing interest in obtaining first-day covers.
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For those of you who live in the USA and still use snail mail...

The US Postal Service is issuing a set of four 37-cent "American Scientists" postage stamps next week. They picture Richard Feynman, Josiah Willard Gibbs, John von Neumann and Barbara McClintock. They should be available at most post offices on Thursday, May 5. If you're in New Haven CT, you can get them a day earlier, and go to the first-day ceremony at Yale if you like.
 
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Thanks for the tip, wish I could get a first day cover.
 
I'm so glad this is finally happening! I will have to buy a bunch of them!
 

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