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The Criteria Our Postal Service Uses To
Select America's Postage Stamps
The U.S. Postal Service and the members of the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee (CSAC) have set certain basic criteria for determining eligibility of subjects for commemoration on U.S. stamps and stationery. these criteria were first formulated about the time of the Postal Reorganization in the early 1970s, and have been refined and expanded gradually since then.

The following are the 12 major criteria now guiding subject selection:
redacted 1 and 2, and the rest.

3. Commemorative stamps or postal stationery items honoring individuals usually will be issued on, or in conjunction with, significant anniversaries of their birth, but no postal item will be issued sooner than ten years after the individual's death. The only exception to the ten-year rule is the issuance of stamps honoring deceased U.S. presidents. They may be honored with a memorial stamp on the first birth anniversary following death.

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