USPS: Design Journey of a Stamp

From the three-year lead time to the way the USPS works with designers and artists to “The Caves” where nearly 14 billion stamps are created every year, the marvelous process of creating stamps is a marvel in and of itself. 

Gicker—who has been known to design and art direct stamps himself—exudes passion as he offers a guided tour of the raw materials that make the mail go round, and breaks down all things fantastically philately.
via printmag