Each year, the United States Postal Service’s Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee receives over 30,000 suggestions from the general public about feature subjects for stamps. Each year, a few dozen make it through the process of becoming forever immortalized as official postal items.
On Thursday, in Orlando, Fla., the USPS will officially launch its 2023 women’s soccer stamp at an event outside Exploria Stadium, where later that night the United States women’s national team will play Canada in the SheBelieves Cup.
While the official stamp is not based on any specific player, the red, white and blue color scheme worn by the player on the stamp is an ode to the team’s success – four-time World Cup champions, including the past two tournaments, and four-time Olympic gold-medalists – and popularity.
“The approach that we ended up moving in was one where we could recognize women’s soccer and the incredible growth as a sport,” art director Antonio Alcalá tells The Equalizer. “This was a way to recognize that — I don’t know if I could…
