US 2003 New Stamp Issue Calendar
January :: February :: March :: April :: May :: June :: July :: August
September :: October :: November :: December

The US 2003 new stamp program is billed as a "Year of Firsts," but it features many of our annual philatelic friends. The first issue of 2003 honors Thurgood Marshall, the first African-American U.S. Supreme Court, and later in the year Pelican Island, the first national wildlife refuge, and the first powered airplane flight by the Wright Brothers will be commemorated in stamps. After that, the US continues its many commemorative stamp series, including the Legends of Hollywood, American Design, Nature of America, Lunar New Year, and the Literary Arts, with striking designs. Throughout the year, the US will honor Ohio, Roy Acuff, and Cesar Chavez, others with single stamps, while also issuing four stamps apiece for Mary Cassatt, Early Football Heros, Holidays, and others. Then the US will also find time to issue stamps and selvage for American Filmmakers and Old Glory, while another homage to the Grand Old Flag comes with five new US Flag definitive designs in February. You'll find a few new rate stamps sprinkled here and there, and as always, there's always room for more issues when you're talking about modern stamp collecting. New issues are listed on pages by month of issue. Announced issues that haven't been definitely scheduled are listing below.

January Thurgood Marshall (Black Heritage) :: Jan 7 Year of the Ram (Lunar New Year) :: Jan 15 Zora Neale Hurston (Literary Arts) :: Jan 24 10¢ American Clock (American Design) :: Jan 24 Nurturing Love :: Jan 25 February U.S. Flag :: Feb 4 NYPL Lion (10¢ non-den. presort std.) :: Feb 4 80¢ Special Olympics (international rate) :: Feb 13 American Filmmaking: Behind the Scenes :: Feb 25 $1 Wisdom :: Feb 28 March 1¢ Tiffany Lamp (American Design) :: Mar 1 Ohio Statehood :: Mar 1 Pelican Island National Wildlife Refuge :: Mar 14 5¢ Sea Coast (nonprofit rate) :: Mar 19 April Old Glory :: Apr 3 Cesar E. Chavez :: Apr 23 Louisiana Purchase Apr :: 30 May First Powered Flight :: May 22 Purple Heart :: May 30 June Audrey Hepburn (Legends of Hollywood) :: Jun 4 Southeastern Lighthouses :: Jun 13 American Eagle (non-demon FC presort) :: Jun 26 July Arctic Tundra (Nature of America) :: Jul 3 Korean War Veterans Memorial :: Jul 27 August Mary Cassatt (American Treasures) :: Aug 7 Early Football Heroes :: Aug 8 Sept Roy Acuff :: Sep 13 Oct Reptiles and Amphibians :: Oct 7 Holiday Music Makers :: Oct 23 Nov Stop Family Violence :: Nov

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