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The United States Postal Service has issued a new stamp showing the Statue of Liberty.

The U.S. Postal Service introduced two new First-Class Mail Forever stamps featuring photographs of world-recognized symbols of the United States: the Statue of Liberty and the American flag.

The United States Postal Service has issued a new stamp showing the Statue of Liberty and the American Flag, which seems to be a great new look from the previous stamp.

It's about time, since the Liberty Bell was released in 2008.

In September they issued a double-sided forever 20-stamp booklet to phase out the Liberty Bell Forever stamp. 

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But don't worry, neither the new design or the postal increase will affect your older forever stamps -- as the name suggests, they're good forever. 

The Liberty/Flag stamps are designed by Terrence McCaffrey, of the U.S. Postal Service and features 

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The U.S. Postal Service introduced two new First-Class Mail Forever stamps featuring photographs of world-recognized symbols of the United States: the Statue of Liberty and the American flag. The photograph of Lady Liberty is by Raimund Linke and the U.S. Flag photograph is by Ron Watts.

The stamps were issued in a Double-Sided Book format and known as Lady Liberty and U.S. Flag. Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce rate.

The stamp was originally issued in December 2010 and will be replacing the sale of the Liberty Bell (Forever) which was issue in May of 2008.

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