2023 40¢ Red Fox stamp

Washington Postal Scene by Bill McAllister

The 40¢ Red Fox stamp that the United States Postal Service is planning to issue in 2023 has an unusual pedigree.

It is the product of a lobbying campaign by bulk mailers who convinced postal executives that the new stamp could boost first-class mail volume.

Stephen Kearney, a former USPS stamp executive who led the campaign, told Linn’s Stamp News that bulk mailers will use the new 40¢ Red Fox stamp in combination with other stamps on their postage-paid return envelopes that will be franked with enough postage to meet the new 63¢ letter rate that goes into effect Jan. 22.