Note: Dates, catalog numbers and denominations are tentative and reflect published information as of November 12, 2008.
In the parenthetical notation following each U.S. stamp listing is the Scott number, appropriate ScottMount item number and the U.S. Postal Service item number as found in its USA Philatelic catalog. The USPS item number may be for a unit greater than a single stamp. Readers can call 1-800-782-6724 for more details and to order stamps from the USA Philatelic catalog.
2008 United States
Jan. 9 41¢ Year of the Rat, self-adhesive stamp (4221, Mount #1045, USPS #571340)
Jan. 31 41¢ Charles W. Chesnutt, Black Heritage Series, self-adhesive stamp (4222, Mount #1046, USPS #462820)
Feb. 21 41¢ Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings, Literary Arts Series, self-adhesive stamp, (4223, Mount #1045, USPS #462320)
Mar. 6 41¢ × 4 American Scientists, horiz. strip of self-adhesive stamps (4227a, Mount #923, USPS #462220) depicting Gerty Cori (4224), Linus Pauling (4225), Edwin Hubble (4226), John Bardeen (4227)
Mar. 7 1¢ Tiffany Lamp, American Design Series, self-adhesive Sennett-printed sheet stamp (3749A, Mount #1047, USPS #184120)
Apr. 18 42¢ × 4 Flags, horiz. strip of water-activated coil stamps (4231a, Mount #922, USPS #786820), depicting flag at dusk (4228), night (4229), dawn (4230), and midday (4231)
Apr. 18 42¢ × 4 Flags, horiz. strip of serpentine die cut 9½ vert. self-adhesive coil stamps printed by Ashton-Potter (4235a, Mount #922, USPS #785940), depicting flag at dusk (4232), night (4233), dawn (4234), and midday (4235)
Apr. 18 42¢ × 4 Flags, horiz. strip of serpentine die cut 11 vert. self-adhesive coil stamps printed by Sennett with perpendicular corners (4239a, Mount #922, USPS #785942), depicting flag at dusk (4236), night (4237), dawn (4238), and midday (4239)
Apr. 18 42¢ × 4 Flags, horiz. strip of serpentine die cut 8½ vert. self-adhesive coil stamps printed by Avery Dennison with perpendicular corners (4243a, Mount #922, USPS #785941), depicting flag at dusk (4240), night (4241), dawn (4242), and midday (4243)
Apr. 18 42¢ × 4 Flags, horiz. strip of serpentine die cut 11 vert. self-adhesive coil stamps printed by Avery Dennison with rounded corners (4247a, Mount #924, USPS #786030), depicting flag at dusk (4244), night (4245), dawn (4246), and midday (4247)
Apr. 22 42¢ × 5 American Journalists, vert. strip of self-adhesive stamps (4252a, Mount #959, USPS #462020) depicting Martha Gellhorn (4248), John Hersey (4249), George Polk (4250), Ruben Salazar (4251), and Eric Sevareid (4252)
Apr. 25 27¢ × 5 Tropical Fruit, horiz. strip of serpentine die cut 11¼×10¾ self-adhesive stamps (4257a, Mount #923, USPS #105120, depicting Pomegranate (4253), Star fruit (4254), Kiwi (4255), Papaya (4256), and Guava (4257)
Apr. 25 27¢ × 5 Tropical Fruit, horiz. strip of serpentine die cut 8½ vert. self-adhesive coil stamps (#4262a, Mount #922, USPS #786340), depicting Papaya (4258), Guava (4259), Pomegranate (4260), Star fruit (4261), and Kiwi (4262)
Apr. 26 27¢ Mount St. Mary's University, Historic Preservation Series, postal card (UX533, Mount #918, USPS #202340)
Apr. 30 42¢ Purple Heart (4263, Mount #903, USPS #108820)
Apr. 30 42¢ Purple Heart, self-adhesive stamp (4264, Mount #1047, USPS #110120)
May 2 42¢ Elk, stamped envelope, Ashton-Potter printing with 20mm high tagging bar (U663, Mount #917, USPS #262940), Westvaco printing with 26mm high tagging bar (U663a, Mount #917, USPS #282940)
May 12 59¢ James A. Michener, Distinguished Americans Series, self-adhesive stamp (3427A, Mount #1047, USPS #107720)
May 12 76¢ Edward Trudeau, Distinguished Americans Series, self-adhesive stamp (3432A, Mount #1047, USPS #110220)
May 12 $4.80 Mt. Rushmore, Priority Mail envelope (U664, USPS #212005)
May 12 27¢ Corinthian Column, postal card (UX534, Mount #918, USPS #222440)
May 12 27¢+27¢ Corinthian Column, double reply postal card (UY47, Mount #1034, USPS #222540)
May 13 42¢ Frank Sinatra, self-adhesive stamp (4265, Mount #1046, USPS #463220)
May 16 72¢ 13 Mile Woods, New Hampshire, Scenic American Landscapes Series, self-adhesive stamp (C144, Mount #1045, USPS #571920)
May 16 94¢ St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands, Scenic American Landscapes Series, self-adhesive stamp (C145, Mount #1045, USPS #571820)
May 17 42¢ Minnesota Sesquicentennial, self-adhesive stamp (4266, Mount #1046, USPS #462520)
May 19 62¢ Dragonfly, self-adhesive stamp (4267, Mount #1047, USPS #120420)
June 6 $4.80 Mount Rushmore, self-adhesive stamp (4268, Mount #927, USPS #112810)
June 7 1¢ Tiffany Lamp, American Design Series, lithographed coil stamp (3758A, Mount #904, USPS #761520)
June 10 42¢ Love - All Heart, self-adhesive booklet stamp (4270, Mount #921) in booklet pane of 20 (4270a, USPS #677840)
June 10 42¢ Wedding Hearts, self-adhesive booklet stamp (4271, Mount #926) in booklet pane of 20 (4271a, USPS #677640)
June 10 59¢ Wedding Hearts, self-adhesive stamp (4272, Mount #926, USPS #571620)
June 14 42¢ × 10 Flags of Our Nation, strip of self-adhesive coil stamps (4282b, USPS #786540) depicting flags and scenery of United States (4273, Mount #921), Alabama (4274, Mount #921), Alaska (4275, Mount #921), American Samoa (4276, Mount #921), Arizona (4277, Mount #921), Arkansas (4278, Mount #921), California (4279, Mount #921), Colorado (4280, Mount #921), Connecticut (4281, Mount #921), and Delaware (4282, Mount #921) (As strip of 10 cannot be mounted in standard albums; a strip of 5 of #4273-4277 is 4277a, and a strip of 5 of #4278-4282 is 4282a)
June 17 42¢ × 16 Ray and Charles Eames, pane of self-adhesive stamps (4333, Mount #1007, USPS #463040) depicting Christmas card showing Charles and Ray Eames (4333a), Crosspatch fabric design (4333b), Stacking chairs (4333c), Case Study House #8 (4333d), Wire-base table (4333e), Lounge chair and ottoman (4333f), Hang-it-all (4333g), La Chaise (4333h), Scene from film, "Tops" (4333i), Wire mesh chair (4333j), Cover of May 1943 edition of California Arts & Architecture Magazine (4333k), House of Cards (4333l), Molded plywood sculpture (4333m), Eames Storage Unit (4333n), Aluminum group chair (4333o), Molded plywood chair (4333p)
June 19 42¢ 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, self-adhesive stamp (4334, Mount #1045, USPS #462920)
June 20 $16.50 Hoover Dam, self-adhesive stamp (4269, Mount #927, USPS #112710)
June 20 42¢ Official, stamped envelope (UO94, Mount #955, USPS #213240)
June 27 $15 Federal Hunting Permit, water-activated stamp (RW75, Mount #986, USPS #333810) and self-adhesive stamp (RW75A, Mount #941, USPS #333940) depicting Pintails
July 10 42¢ Celebrate, self-adhesive stamp (4335, Mount #926, USPS #572020)
July 15 10¢ American Clock, American Design Series, lithographed coil stamp (3763, Mount #904, USPS #704320)
July 16 42¢ × 5 Vintage Black Cinema, horiz. strip of self-adhesive stamps (#4340a, Mount #923, USPS #463120) depicting Black and Tan (4336), The Sport of the Gods (4337), Princess Tam-Tam (4338), Caldonia (4339), Hallelujah (4340)
July 16 42¢ Take Me Out To The Ball Game, self-adhesive stamp (4341, Mount #1046, USPS #462120)
Aug. 7 42¢ × 4 Disney Characters, block of self-adhesive stamps (4345a, Mount #943, USPS #571420) depicting Pongo and pup (4342), Steamboat Willie (4343), Princess Aurora, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather (4344), Mowgli and Baloo (4345)
Aug. 7 27¢ × 4 Disney Characters, postal cards depicting Steamboat Willie (UX535, Mount #956), Pongo and pup (UX536, Mount #956), Princess Aurora, Flora, Fauna and Merryweather (UX537, Mount #956), Mowgli and Baloo (UX538, Mount #956), in a booklet of 20 containing five of each card (UX538, USPS #571466)
Aug. 14 42¢ Valley of the Yosemite, by Albert Bierstadt, American Treasures Series, self-adhesive booklet stamp (4346, Mount #1045) in booklet pane of 20 (4346a, USPS #678440)
Aug. 15 42¢ Sunflower, self-adhesive booklet stamp (4347, Mount #1047) in booklet pane of 20 (4347a, USPS #678340)
Aug. 15 42¢ Sunflower, letter sheet (U665, Mount #955, USPS #678380)
Aug. ? 5¢ American Toleware, American Design Series, lithographed self-adhesive sheet stamp with microprinting (3756A, Mount #1047, USPS #180520)
Sept. 2 42¢ × 10 Flags of Our Nation, strip of self-adhesive coil stamps (4292b, USPS #786640) depicting flags and scenery of District of Columbia (4283, Mount #921), Florida (4284, Mount #921), Georgia (4285, Mount #921), Guam (4286, Mount #921), Hawaii (4287, Mount #921), Idaho (4288, Mount #921), Illinois (4289, Mount #921), Indiana (4290, Mount #921), Iowa (4291, Mount #921), and Kansas (4292, Mount #921) (As strip of 10 cannot be mounted in standard albums; a strip of 5 of #4283-4287 is 4287a, and a strip of 5 of #4288-4292 is 4292a)
Sept. 5 (5¢) Sea Coast, coil stamp (4348, Mount #904, USPS #701820)
Sept. 8 42¢ Latin Jazz, self-adhesive stamp (4349, Mount #927, USPS #463520)
Sept. 18 42¢ Bette Davis, Legends of Hollywood Series, self-adhesive stamp (4350, Mount #1046, USPS #462620)
Sept. 23 42¢ Eid, self-adhesive stamp (4351, Mount #926, USPS #573020)
Oct. 2 42¢ × 10 Great Lakes Dunes, Nature of America Series, pane of self-adhesive stamps (4352, Mount #1024, USPS #462740) depicting Vesper sparrow (4352a), Red fox (4352b), Piping plover (4352c), Eastern hognose snake (4352d), Common mergansers (4352e), Spotted sandpipers (4352f), Tiger beetle (4352g), White-footed mouse (4253h), Piping plover nestlings (4253i), Ped admiral butterfly (4253j)
Oct. 2 42¢ × 10 Great Lakes Dunes, Nature of America Series, sheet of two postal cards (UX540a), depicting Vesper sparrow (UX539), and Piping plover (UX540); sheet of two postal cards (UX542a), depicting Eastern hognose snake (UX541), and Common mergansers (UX542); sheet of two postal cards (UX544a), depicting Piping plover nestlings (UX543), and Red fox (UX544); sheet of two postal cards (UX546a), depicting Tiger beetle (UX545), and White-footed mouse (UX546); sheet of two postal cards (UX548a), depicting Spotted sandpiper (UX547), and Red admiral butterfly (UX548); in package of 5 sheets (USPS #462766)
Oct. 3 42¢ × 5 America on the Move: Tail Fins and Chrome, vert. strip of self-adhesive stamps (4357a, Mount #957, USPS #463620) depicting 1959 Cadillac Eldorado (4353), 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk (4354), 1957 Pontiac Safari (4355), 1957 Lincoln Premier (4356), and 1957 Chrysler 300C (4357)
Oct. 3 27¢ × 5 America on the Move: Tail Fins and Chrome, postal cards depicting 1957 Lincoln Premiere (UX549, Mount #956) 1957 Chrysler 300C (UX550, Mount #956), 1959 Cadillac Eldorado (UX551, Mount #956), 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk (UX552, Mount #956), and 1957 Pontiac Safari (UX553, Mount #956), in a booklet of 20 (UX553a, USPS #463666) containing 4 of each design
Oct. 17 42¢ Alzheimer's Disease Awareness, self-adhesive stamp (4358, Mount #927, USPS #463420)
Oct. 23 42¢ Christmas, Virgin and Child with the Young John the Baptist by Sandro Botticelli, self-adhesive booklet stamp (4359, Mount #926) in booklet pane of 20 (USPS #677940)
Oct. 23 42¢ × 4 Holiday Nutcrackers, block of self-adhesive serpentine die cut 10¾×11 on 2 or 3 sides booklet stamps (4363a, Mount #938) depicting Drummer (4360), Santa Claus (4361), King (4362), and Soldier (4363), in convertible booklet of 20 (USPS #678040)
Oct. 23 42¢ × 4 Holiday Nutcrackers, block of self-adhesive serpentine die cut 11¼×11 on 2 or 3 sides vending machine booklet stamps (4364a, Mount #935) depicting Drummer (4364), Santa Claus (4365), King (4366), and Soldier (4367), in booklet pane of 20 (BK306, USPS #678140) containing two panes of four with #4364-4367 (4367b), one pane of six with #4366-4367, and 2 each #4364-4365 (4367c), and one pane of six with #4364-4365 and 2 each #4366-4367 (4367d)
Oct. 23 42¢ × 4 Holiday Nutcrackers, block of self-adhesive serpentine die cut 8 opn 2, 3, or 4 sides ATM booklet stamps (4368a, Mount #934) depicting Drummer (4368), Santa Claus (4369), King (4370), and Soldier (4371), in vending machine booklet of 18 (4371a, USPS #571740) containing 5 each #4368-4369 and 4 each #4370-4371
Oct. 24 42¢ Hanukkah, self-adhesive stamp (4372, Mount #926, USPS #573120)
Oct. 24 42¢ Kwanzaa, self-adhesive stamp (4373, Mount #921, USPS #573220)
2008 United Nations
Jan. 27 Remembrance and Beyond, 41¢ (948), 85c (479), 65c (412)
Jan. 28 Vienna Sculptures definitives, 10c Johann Strauss Memorial (413), 15c Pallas Athene Fountain (414), 65c Pegasus Fountain, Salzburg (415), E1.40 Belvedere Palace Gardens sculpture (416)
Mar. 6 Endangered Species, block of four 41¢ stamps (952a) depicting South African fur seal (949), Orange cup coral (950), Longsnout seahorse (951), and Gray whale (952); block of four 1fr stamps (483a) depicting Odobenus rosmarus (480), Platygyra daedalea (481), Hippocampus bargibanti (482), and Delphinapterus leucas (483), block of four 65c stamps (420a) depicting Mirounga angustirostris (417), Millepora alcicornis (418), Hippocampus histrix (419), and Physeter catodon (420)
May 8 Flag and Coin Series, sheet of eight 41¢ stamps (953) depicting flags and coins from United Kingdom (953a), Singapore (953b), Colombia (953c), Sri Lanka (953d), Philippines (953e), Indonesia (953f), United Arab Emirates (953g), and Libya (953h); sheet of eight 85c stamps (484) depicting flags and coins from Madagascar (484a), Rwanda (484b), Benin (484c), Iran (484d), Namibia (484e), Maldive Islands (484f), Albania (484g), and Turkey (484h); sheet of eight 65c stamps (421) depicting flags and coins from Poland (421a), Latvia (421b), Portugal (421c), Armenia (421d), Sweden (421e), Cyprus (421f), Slovakia (421g), and Qatar (421h)
May 12 Personalized Stamps, vertical strip of five 42¢ stamps with attached labels (958a) depicting Sculpture and flags (954), United Nations flag (955), General Assembly (956), Flags (957) and United Nations Headquarters (958)
May 12 Personalized Stamps, 94¢ stamp depicting United Nations Emblem with attached label (959)
May 12 Surcharged #6¾ envelope, 41¢ + 1¢ (U26)
May 12 Surcharged #10 envelope, 41¢ + 1¢ (U27)
May 12 Surcharged air letter sheet, 90¢ + 4¢ (UC27)
June 6 Convention on the Rights of Disabled Persons, 42¢ (960), 94¢ (961), 1fr (485), 1.80fr (486), 55c (427), E1.40 (428)
Aug. 8 Sport for Peace/Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, 42¢ (962), 94¢ (963), $1.25 souvenir sheet (964); 1fr (487), 1.80fr (488), 3fr souvenir sheet (489); 65c (429), E1.30 (430), E3 souvenir sheet (431), E3 souvenir sheet with overprint in margin (431a)
Aug. 8 Personalized Stamps, Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, 94¢ stamp with attached label (965)
Sept. 18 We Can End Poverty, 42¢ (966), 94¢ (967); 1fr (490), 1.80fr (491); 65c (432), 75c (433)
Oct. 23 International Year of Plant Earth/Climate Change, sheets of four 42¢ and four 94¢ stamps, booklet containing 27¢ and 42¢ stamps; sheets of four 1.20fr and four 1.80fr stamps, booklet containing 35c and 50c stamps; sheets of four 65c and four E1.15; booklet containing 30c and 35c stamps
2008 Canada
Jan. 8 52¢ Year of the Rat (2257)
Jan. 8 $1.60 Year of the Rat, souvenir sheet (2258)
Jan. 15 (52¢) Celebration, permanent self-adhesive booklet stamp (2259) in booklet pane of six (2259a)
Mar. 3 52¢ × 2 Peonies, souvenir sheet (2260), depicting pink (2260a) and red (2260b) flowers
Mar. 3 52¢ × 2 Peonies, self-adhesive booklet stamps depicting pink (2261) and red (2262) flowers in booklet pane of 10 containing five of each stamp (2262a)
Mar. 7 52¢ University of Alberta, 100th Anniv., self-adhesive booklet stamp (2263) in booklet pane of eight (2263a)
Mar. 7 52¢ University of British Columbia, 100th Anniv., self-adhesive booklet stamp (2264) in booklet pane of eight (2264a), and gutter pane containing four each of #2263-2264 (2264b)
Apr. 3 52¢ World Hockey Championships, Quebec and Halifax, self-adhesive booklet stamp (2265) in booklet pane of 10 (2265a)
Apr. 21 52¢ Guide Dogs, self-adhesive booklet stamp (2266) in booklet pane of 10 (2266a)
May 1 (52¢) Redrawn Pachena Point Lighthouse, self-adhesive booklet stamp (2253B) in booklet pane of 10 containing two each of redrawn stamp and Nos. 2249-2252 (2253Bc), and booklet pane of 30 containing six each of Nos. 2249-2252 (2253Bd)
May 2 52¢ × 2 Oil and Gas Anniversaries, self-adhesive booklet stamps depicting TransCanada Pipeline (2267) and Canada's First Commercial Oil Well, 50th Anniv. (2268) in booklet pane of 10 containing five of each stamp (2268a)
May 16 52¢ Founding of Quebec City, 400th Anniv. (2269)
May 21 52¢ Art Canada: Yousuf Karsh self-portrait (2270)
May 21 Art Canada, souvenir sheet (2271) containing 52¢ Yousuf Karsh self-portrait (2270), 96¢ Karsh photograph of Audrey Hepburn (2271a), $1.60 Karsh photograph of Sir Winston Churchill (2271b)
May 21 96¢ Art Canada Yousuf Karsh photograph of Audrey Hepburn, self-adhesive booklet stamp (2272) in booklet pane of four (2272a) in booklet containing two panes
May 21 $1.60 Art Canada Yousuf Karsh photograph of Sir Winston Churchill, self-adhesive booklet stamp (2273) in booklet pane of four (2273a) in booklet containing two panes
June 4 52¢ Royal Canadian Mint, 100th Anniv. (2274)
June 16 52¢ Canadian Nurses Association, 100th Anniv., self-adhesive booklet stamp (2275) in booklet pane of 10 (2275a)
June 20 52¢ × 2 Anne of Green Gables, 100th Anniv., souvenir sheet (2276) depicting Anne (2276a) and House of Green Gables (2276b)
June 20 52¢ × 2 Anne of Green Gables, 100th Anniv., self-adhesive booklet stamps depicting Anne (2277)and House of Green Gables (2278) in booklet pane of 10 containing five of each stamp (2278a)
June 30 52¢ × 4 Canadians in Hollywood, souvenir sheet (2279) depicting Norma Shearer (2279a), Chief Dan George (2279b), Marie Dressler (2279c), and Raymond Burr (2279d)
June 30 52¢ × 4 Canadians in Hollywood, self-adhesive booklet of four stamps (2280) depicting Marie Dressler (2280a), Chief Dan George (2280b), Norma Shearer (2280c), and Raymond Burr (2280d), in booklet containing two panes
July 18 52¢ 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games, self-adhesive booklet stamp (2281) in booklet pane of 10 (2281a)
July 25 52¢ Lifesaving Society, 100th Anniv., self-adhesive booklet stamp (2282) in booklet pane of 10 (2282a)
Aug. 1 52¢ British Columbia, 150th Anniv., self-adhesive stamp (2283)
Sept. 8 52¢ Sam McLaughlin (2284)
Oct. 1 52¢ × 4 Endangered Species, souvenir sheet (2285) depicting Prothonotary warbler (2285a), Taylor's checkerspot (2285b), Roseate tern (2285c), and Burrowing owl (2285d)
Oct. 1 52¢ × 4 Endangered Species, block of self-adhesive booklet stamps (2289a) depicting Prothonotary warbler (2286), Taylor's checkerspot (2287), Roseate tern (2288), and Burrowing owl (2289), in booklet pane (2289b) containing 2 blocks of #2289a
Oct. 6 (52¢)+10¢ Mental Health, permanent semipostal booklet stamp (B14) in booklet pane of 10 (B14a)
Oct. 15 52¢ Francophone Summit
Nov. 3 (52¢) Christmas, religious theme, self-adhesive booklet stamp in booklet pane of six stamps in booklet of two panes
Nov. 3 Christmas, Snow Activities, souvenir sheet of 3 stamps depicting (52¢) Snow angel, 96¢ Skiing, and $1.60 Toboganning
Nov. 3 (52¢) Christmas Snow Angel, self-adhesive booklet stamp in booklet pane of 6 stamps in booklet of two panes
Nov. 3 96¢ Christmas Skiing, self-adhesive booklet stamp in booklet pane of 6 stamps
Nov. 3 $1.60 Christmas Tobogganing, self-adhesive booklet stamp in booklet pane of 6 stamps