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‘Go Beyond’ Your Typical Forever Stamps with Buzz Lightyear

6/21/2022

What:	The iconic image of Buzz Lightyear has been captured in the newest Forever stamps from the U.S. Postal Service and Disney and Pixar. Go Beyond is a colorful pane of 20 stamps arranged in four horizontal rows of five stamps featuring the image of Buzz Lightyear, a Space Ranger marooned on a planet 4.2 million light-years from Earth. Greg Breeding was the stamp art director using illustrations from Pixar Animation Studios. The first-day-of-issue event for the Go Beyond stamps is free and open to the public. News of the stamps is being shared with the hashtag #GoBeyondStamps.
Who:	Isaac Cronkhite, chief processing and distribution officer and executive vice president, U.S. Postal Service
When:	Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2022, at 11 a.m. PT/2 p.m. ET
Where: RSVP:	El Capitan Theatre 6838 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, CA 90028 Dedication ceremony attendees are encouraged to RSVP at: usps.com/gobeyond.
Background:	The U.S. Postal Service celebrates new commemorative Forever stamps featuring Buzz Lightyear, who is the star of his own feature film this summer — “Lightyear.” The sci-fi action-adventure movie gives audiences insight into Buzz’s past and brings to the big screen the intergalactic exploits of the hero. Buzz is known for being Woody’s best friend in the “Toy Story” movie franchise from Disney and Pixar.
Preorders for the Go Beyond stamps can be made online at usps.com/stamps beginning July 3. Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 844-737-7826, by mail through USA Philatelic or at Post Office locations nationwide. The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and services to fund its operations.