Day of the Dead USPS Forever Postage Stamp 1 Sheet of 20 US First Class Postal Celebrate Halloween Sugar Skull Family Flower Announcement Wedding Holiday (20 Stamps)

In recent decades, Day of the Dead has caught on in the United States as a festive and increasingly popular celebration for all ages. With the release of four colorful new stamps, the USPS™ celebrates Day of the Dead, an increasingly popular holiday in the United States. The stamp art features several iconic elements of a traditional Day of the Dead ofrenda, or offering, which honors departed relatives as well as heroes. Stylized, decorated “sugar skulls” are personalized as four family members, one per stamp. The lit candles flanking each sugar skull are beacons to guide deceased loved ones on their annual return journey to the land of the living. Dotting each stamp and embellishing their shared vertical borders are marigolds (cempazuchitles), the most popular Day of the Dead flower. Luis Fitch designed and illustrated the stamps. Antonio Alcalá was the art director.