{"id":201422,"date":"2026-05-24T18:12:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T18:12:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201422\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T18:12:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T18:12:23","slug":"mister-rogers-stamp-wins-usps-contest-will-now-be-reissued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/201422\/","title":{"rendered":"Mister Rogers stamp wins USPS contest, will now be reissued"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a wonderful day in the neighborhood:&#8217; Mister Rogers stamp reissued after winning USPS contest<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tIN THE NATION\u2019S CAPITAL, JUST AHEAD OF AMERICA\u2019S 250TH     BIRTHDAY. A U.S. ARMY VETERAN INJURED IN THE LINE OF DUTY AND HIS FAMILY RECEIVING A SPECIAL GIFT. ABC\u2019S OLIVIA RUBIN WAS THERE FOR THE BIG REVEAL. A DREAM COMING TRUE FOR CAPTAIN LUIS AVILA AND HIS WIFE, CLAUDIA. HE\u2019S ALL YOURS. THANK YOU. THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION AND WELLS FARGO TEAMING UP AT AMERICA\u2019S BALL FOR THE MALL GALA IN WASHINGTON, D.C., TO PRESENT THE AVILA WITH A SURPRISE GIFT. AN ACCESSIBLE CAR. WE WANTED TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE HIM WITH A AN ADAPTED VEHICLE TO HELP MEET HIS AND HIS FAMILY\u2019S NEEDS. THE DONATION IS A BLESSING FOR LUIS, WHO SERVED FIVE COMBAT TOURS IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. HIS LIFE ALTERED IN 2011, AN IED EXPLOSION LEAVING HIM ALMOST COMPLETELY PARALYZED, UNABLE TO JUST SIT NEXT TO HIS WIFE IN A CAR. HE TRULY IS A HERO. ON BEHALF OF AMERICA. BUT THIS GIFTED SUV, CUSTOM DESIGNED FOR CAPTAIN LUIS. I DON\u2019T WANT TO CRY, BUT IT\u2019S PRICELESS. YES. I LIKE THAT ONE. IT\u2019S LIFE CHANGING. IT IS ABSOLUTELY A CHANGE IN LIFE. YES. THERE COULDN\u2019T BE A MORE DESERVING FAMILY. THE GARY SINISE FOUNDATION HAS A LONG STANDING RELATIONSHIP WITH THE AVILA FAMILY, GIVING THEM AN ACCESSIBLE SMART HOME. IN 2016. NOT HAVE TO SACRIFICE BECAUSE YOU DON\u2019T HAVE SOMETHING ADAPTIVE IS A IS A HUGE QUALITY OF LIFE. YOU KNOW, I\u2019M IT\u2019S BEEN 19 YEARS SINCE I WAS WOUNDED. AND IT\u2019S A REMINDER THAT THESE WOUNDS ARE LIFELONG. FOR CLAUDIA, SHE TELLS ME THE DONATIONS MEAN ONE THING. FREEDOM. WHAT DOES IT BRING? WELL, FOR MANY PEOPLE, THAT ONE IS JUST. MAYBE A VEHICLE FOR US. IT\u2019S REALLY A GOLDEN GIFT. IN ORDER TO PROVIDE TO MY HUSBAND INDEPENDENCE, MOBILITY AND FREEDOM. AND TOGETHER, THEY REMAIN GRATEFUL. IT IS LIKE WE ALWAYS SAY. IS THAT RIGHT? ONE DAY. ABOVE GROUND. EVERY DAY. ANY DAY ABOVE GROUND IS A GREAT DAY. IS THERE AND WE DON\u2019T SEE THE DISABILITIES. WE ONLY SEE THE POSSIBILITIES. AND EVEN MORE POSSIBILITIES AHEAD. NOW WITH DRIVING TO ERRANDS, MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS AND FAMILY OUTINGS JUST A LITTLE BIT EASIER. OLIVIA RUBIN, ABC NEWS, WASHINGTON. TRULY INCREDIBLE STUFF. CLOSE TO HOME VETERANS AND OTHERS IN NEED GOT HELP AT A ONE STOP SHOP FOR RESOURCES THIS WEEKEND. THE DISABLED AMERICAN VETERANS GROUP SET UP A RESOURCE FAIR IN PITTSBURGH\u2019S BLUFF NEIGHBORHOOD. VETERANS, HOMELESS AND OTHERS IN NEED RECEIVE MEDICAL SUPPORT, FOOD AND INFORMATION ON EMPLOYMENT AND HOUSING. SHEPHERD\u2019S HEART VETERANS HOME HELPS PROVIDE VETERANS WITH A CLEAR PATH FORWARD, HELPING TO EASE THE STRAIN OF DAY TO DAY LIFE. AS A VETERAN MYSELF, I ALWAYS WANT TO HELP OTHER VETERANS. SUICIDE IS A VERY REAL PROBLEM, AND WITH THE RESOURCES HERE, THIS HELPS IN PREVENTING SUICIDE. THIS IS IMPORTANT THAT THEY SEE THAT WHEN THEY COME HERE, THAT IT\u2019S A SAFE PLACE, THAT THEY\u2019RE GOING TO GET THEIR NEEDS MET, AND THAT WE CAN PROVIDE THEM WITH THE CARE AND DIGNITY THAT OFTENTIMES GETS OVERLOOKED BECAUSE OF THE SITUATION THEY\u2019RE IN. ACCORDING TO SHEPHERD\u2019S HEART, ABOUT 33% OF PEOPLE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS IN PITTSBURGH ARE U.S. VETERANS. NEWS, WEATHER, AND SPORTS EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START YOUR SUNDAY. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR CONTINUES RIGHT NOW. A MAN SHOT DEAD BY SECRET SERVICE AFTER OPENING FIRE NEAR THE WHITE HOUSE. I\u2019M JACKIE DEFUSCO IN WASHINGTON. HONORING FALLEN HEROES STRAIGHT AHEAD. THE TRIBUTE AT ONE LOCAL CEMETERY THIS WEEKEND AHEAD OF MEMORIAL DAY AND BRIDGES TO IRELAND. FROM BLACK AND GOLD TO GREEN, WHITE AND ORANGE. THE REASON BEHIND A SUDDEN COLOR CHANGE FOR PITTSBURGH\u2019S SISTER BRIDGES. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR THIS MORNING STARTS NOW. GOOD MORNING. IT\u2019S JUST ABOUT 9:00. I\u2019M CARLOS FLORES, AND WE HAVE TO KICK THINGS OFF WITH PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION WEATHER METEOROLOGIST JILL SZWED, WHERE THE CERTIFIED MOST ACCURATE FORECAST. IT LOOKS LIKE WE\u2019RE KIND OF OUT OF THE RAIN, BUT IT\u2019S COMING BACK. WE DO HAVE MORE SHOWERS COMING OUR WAY, AND WE CAN\u2019T SEEM TO LOSE THEM COMPLETELY HERE FOR THIS MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY WEEKEND. BUT THE TIMING ACTUALLY ON OUR SIDE LATER FOR THE BEST RAIN CHANCES OF THE DAY RIGHT NOW ON THE RADAR, A LITTLE BIT OF A THICKER CLOUD DECK TRYING TO STREAM IN FROM THE SOUTH AND WEST. THAT IS BRINGING A FEW SPRINKLES ALONG FOR THE RIDE. HARDLY A SHOWER RIGHT NOW. TAKING AIM AT PORTERSVILLE COMING OUT OF BEAVER AND LAWRENCE COUNTIES NOW JUST CROSSING TOWARDS I-79 IN BUTLER COUNTY. BUT A LITTLE BIT OF SUNSHINE TRYING TO POKE THROUGH THOSE CLOUDS. WE TAKE A LIVE LOOK OVER DOWNTOWN PITTSBURGH. TEMPERATURES SLOWLY EASING CLOSER TO 60 DEGREES. A LITTLE BIT OF A BREEZE COMING IN ON THE EAST SOUTHEAST RIGHT NOW IN YOUR WEATHER HEADLINES. WE WILL SEE MORE RAIN COMING IN LATER IN THE DAY. OVERALL, OUR SHOWER CHANCES BETWEEN ABOUT NOW AND 2:00 WILL BE PRETTY HIT OR MISS. ISOLATED LIGHT IN NATURE. BUT AS WE APPROACH DINNERTIME, CERTAINLY SUNDOWN, THAT\u2019S WHEN THE RAIN WILL FILL IN IN COVERAGE BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD, EVEN HEAVY AT TIMES AS WE GO THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT. WITH THAT, THERE IS A LIMITED FLASH FLOODING RISK, ESPECIALLY FOR THOSE AREAS THAT ARE PRETTY WELL SATURATED. WITH FRIDAY NIGHT\u2019S RAIN. STILL, TOMORROW, THE PEAK OF OUR MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND, THE RAIN WILL BE OUT. JUST SOME PATCHY FOG AROUND 8:00 TOMORROW MORNING. MOSTLY CLOUDY, 75 AT NOON, AND TEMPERATURES WILL INCH INTO THE UPPER 70S IN TIME FOR YOUR COOKOUTS TOMORROW, AND TEMPERATURES KEEP ON IN THE 70S, EVEN APPROACHING 80 THROUGH MOST OF NEXT WEEK. MORE OF THOSE DETAILS FOR YOU IN A FEW MINUTES IN YOUR 4-DAY PLUS 4 MORE FORECAST. BREAKING NEWS DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT, A MAN OPENS FIRE NEAR A WHITE HOUSE SECURITY CHECKPOINT THAT ARMED SUSPECT FATALLY SHOT BY SECRET SERVICE AGENTS. OUR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT, JACKIE DEFUSCO JOINS US FROM THE DC BUREAU TO BREAK DOWN WHAT WE\u2019RE LEARNING ABOUT THE SUSPECT AND WHAT EXACTLY HAPPENED LAST NIGHT, JACKIE, THE WHITE HOUSE WENT INTO LOCKDOWN ON SATURDAY WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP SAFELY INSIDE AFTER A SHOOTING NEAR A SECURITY CHECKPOINT JUST DOWN THE STREET, AND AN OVERNIGHT SOCIAL MEDIA POST. PRESIDENT TRUMP SAID THAT THE ALLEGED GUNMAN, QUOTE, HAD A VIOLENT HISTORY AND POSSIBLE OBSESSION WITH OUR COUNTRY\u2019S MOST CHERISHED STRUCTURE. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS IS REPORTING THAT THE SUSPECT WAS 21 YEAR OLD NASSIR BEST. D.C. COURT RECORDS SHOW THAT BEST WAS ALSO ARRESTED BACK IN JULY OF 2025, AFTER ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTING TO ENTER A WHITE HOUSE CHECKPOINT WITHOUT PERMISSION, WHILE CLAIMING THAT HE WAS JESUS CHRIST. SECRET SERVICE DID NOT IMMEDIATELY NAME THE SUSPECT, BUT SAID AN INDIVIDUAL OPENED FIRE AT OFFICERS LAST NIGHT. OFFICERS SHOT BACK AND THE SUSPECT LATER DIED AT THE HOSPITAL, AUTHORITIES SAY NOW SECRET SERVICE AGENTS WERE NOT INJURED. A BYSTANDER WAS HURT, BUT IT\u2019S NOT CLEAR YET EXACTLY HOW. AS YOU CAN SEE ON THIS MAP, ALL OF THIS HAPPENED JUST A FEW MINUTES ON FOOT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE GATES ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE EXECUTIVE OFFICE BUILDING. IT MARKS THE THIRD TIME IN THE PAST MONTH WHERE SHOTS WERE FIRED SOMEWHERE NEAR THE PRESIDENT IN WASHINGTON. I\u2019M JACKIE DEFUSCO, PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. JACKIE, THANK YOU. AND AS THE SECRET SERVICE CONTINUES THEIR INVESTIGATION INTO THE SHOOTING, WE\u2019LL HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE THROUGHOUT THE MORNING. NOW TO WASHINGTON COUNTY. A MAN IS IN POLICE CUSTODY AFTER A SWAT STANDOFF. POLICE AND SWAT WERE CALLED TO A HOME ON MCCREA AVENUE IN THE COMMUNITY OF DONORA, FOLLOWING REPORTS THAT A MAN BROKE INTO A HOUSE AND BARRICADED HIMSELF INSIDE. POLICE SHUT DOWN THE AREA AND DETOURED BUSSES FOR SEVERAL HOURS. OFFICERS TOOK THE MAN INTO CUSTODY. THERE\u2019S NO WORD ON WHO THE SUSPECT IS OR WHAT CHARGES THEY\u2019RE FACING. WE HAVE AN UPDATE TO A STORY YOU SAW FIRST ON FOUR YESTERDAY MORNING. A PITTSBURGH WOMAN SAYS SHE WAS SEXUALLY ASSAULTED WHILE SLEEPING IN HER BED IN OAKLAND OAKLAND APARTMENT. THE FEMALE VICTIM SAYS SHE WOKE UP TO SOMEONE ASSAULTING HER AT HER APARTMENT ALONG PARKVIEW AVENUE LAST THURSDAY, 29 YEAR-OLD CHARLES WILLIS IS FACING SEVERAL CHARGES, ACCORDING TO POLICE, WILLIS CONFESSED TO BREAKING INTO THE APARTMENT. POLICE SAY HE ALSO STOLE AN AIR TAG, WHICH THEY WERE ABLE TO USE TO HELP TRACK HIM DOWN. WILLIS TOLD POLICE HE IS HOMELESS, WAS AND WAS LOOKING FOR MONEY AND THINGS TO SALVAGE A STOLEN PIECE OF PITTSBURGH BREWING HISTORY IN PITTSBURGH HAS BEEN RECOVERED. PART OF A COPPER KETTLE WAS TAKEN BY THIEVES FROM PENN BREWERY. PITTSBURGH POLICE TRACKING IT DOWN AT A LOCAL SCRAPYARD. PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR REPORTER FELICITY TAYLOR EXPLAINS WHY THE BREWERY OWNER WAS SO EAGER TO GET IT BACK. WE WERE JUST SUPER THRILLED BECAUSE IT WAS INITIALLY SO HEARTBREAKING TO HAVE A SENTIMENTAL PIECE LIKE THAT, BASICALLY WALK OUT THE DOOR AND TO GET IT BACK WAS, YOU KNOW, JUST AS EMOTIONAL JUST TO JUST TO HAVE THAT BACK BECAUSE IT WASN\u2019T JUST, YOU KNOW, A RANDOM PIPE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT GETTING SCRAPPED AND LAST SUNDAY, A LARGE PIECE OF BREW KETTLE WAS STOLEN FROM PENN BREWERY. IT HAD BEEN REMOVED AND ON DISPLAY SINCE A 2023 REPAIR TO THE KETTLE PROBABLY GOES BACK TO 1986, WHEN WHEN TOM PASTORIUS ORIGINALLY FOUNDED THIS PLACE AND HAD THESE INSTALLED. AND WE\u2019RE ONE OF THE FEW BREWERIES IN THE COUNTRY THAT STILL BREW WITH COPPER KETTLES. ZONE ONE DETECTIVES LOCATED THE PIECE AT THE BOTTOM OF A SCRAP PILE. MY DAUGHTER AND I DROVE DOWN TO THE SCRAP YARD AND BASICALLY HAD THE PIECE INTO A MEMORIAL PLAQUE FOR THEIR LATE FORMER BREWER, ANDY RICH. NOW THOSE PLANS ARE BACK ON TRACK. BEER BRINGS EVERYONE TOGETHER. YOU KNOW, A LOVE FOR RUGBY AND A LOVE FOR BEER. YOU KNOW THERE\u2019S THERE\u2019S TWO THINGS THAT ARE MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN. COLD SUPPER BY HIS FRIENDS AT SOUTH PITTSBURGH RUGBY. RICH WAS THE HEAD BREWER AT PENN FOR 17 YEARS. HE PASSED AWAY FROM CANCER IN 2023. WE LOVE PENN BREWERY. WE LOVE GIVING BACK TO THEM, AND THUMPER WAS ALWAYS A GOOD PERSON OF THE COMMUNITY, NOT JUST THE CLUB. CHEERS. BUSINESS IS STILL BREWING HERE RIGHT NOW. THEY ARE BREWING THE BEER FOR THEIR OKTOBERFEST CELEBRATIONS AND ARE FULL STEAM AHEAD IN THOSE PLANS, AS WELL AS ANY OTHER PLANS LIKE A RECEPTION FOR THE POLICE DETECTIVE THAT RECOVERED THE PIECE OF THE BREW KETTLE. COVERING ALLEGHENY COUNTY IN PITTSBURGH\u2019S TROY HILL NEIGHBORHOOD, I\u2019M FELICITY TAYLOR, PITTSBURGH\u2019S ACTION NEWS FOUR. THE NATIONAL CEMETERY OF THE ALLEGHENIES WILL HOLD ITS MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY TODAY. MEMBERS OF THE TRAVIS MANION FOUNDATION STOPPED BY THE CEMETERY IN CECIL TOWNSHIP TO PLACE COMMEMORATIVE TOKENS ON THE HEADSTONES OF FALLEN SERVICE MEMBERS YESTERDAY. THE VOLUNTEERS PAUSED AT EACH GRAVESITE, SAYING THEIR NAMES IN HONOR OF THEIR SERVICE AND SACRIFICE. UNDERSTANDING WHERE WE CAME FROM MAKES IT CLEARER WHERE WE WANT TO GO, AND THAT\u2019S A BIG PART OF IT. SO IT\u2019S, YOU KNOW, NOT NOT FORGETTING WHAT EVERYONE WENT THROUGH. THOSE WHO PAID THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND THOSE WHO DIDN\u2019T, THOSE WHO ARE STILL WITH US. THE NATIONAL CEMETERY OF THE ALLEGHENIES IS ONE OF 75 CEMETERIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY THAT WILL BE VISITED LEADING UP TO MEMORIAL DAY. 10,000 COINS WILL BE PLACED. TODAY\u2019S CEREMONY BEGINS THIS MORNING AT 11:00. PITTSBURGH OFFICIALS ARE REMINDING US OF CLOSURES TOMORROW FOR MEMORIAL DAY. THE CITY\u2019S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED TOMORROW, AND THERE WILL BE NO GARBAGE OR RECYCLING PICKUP. THE ENTIRE TRASH SCHEDULE WILL BE PUSHED BACK ONE DAY. PLUS, PITTSBURGH REGIONAL TRANSIT BUS AND LIGHT RAIL SERVICE WILL OPERATE ON SUNDAY. ON A SUNDAY SCHEDULE. TOMORROW, PRS DOWNTOWN SERVICE CENTER AND ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES WILL BE CLOSED, BUT YOU CAN REACH THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE BY PHONE. YOU MAY NOTICE PITTSBURGH\u2019S SISTER BRIDGE IS LIT IN THE COLORS OF IRELAND AT NIGHT TIME. THE BRIDGE OF IRELAND DISPLAY FEATURES GREEN AND WHITE AND ORANGE COLORS OF THE IRISH FLAG. THE DISPLAY CELEBRATES A BIG MILESTONE FOR PITTSBURGH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. TOMORROW, AIR LINGUS WILL LAUNCH ITS NEW DIRECT FLIGHT FROM PITTSBURGH TO DUBLIN, WITH SERVICE SCHEDULED FOUR TIMES A WEEK. A SPECIAL DAY DELEGATION FROM THE STEEL CITY WILL TAKE THAT INAUGURAL FLIGHT TO IRELAND THIS WEEK. THE BETHEL PARK SCHOOL DISTRICT WILL WRAP UP CLASSES FOR THE SUMMER, SAYING GOODBYE TO SIX OF THE DISTRICT\u2019S BUILDINGS. MULTIPLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS WILL CLOSE AND CONSOLIDATE FOR NEXT YEAR\u2019S NEXT SCHOOL YEAR. THE NEW BETHEL PARK ELEMENTARY CENTER WILL HOUSE ALL KINDERGARTEN THROUGH FIFTH GRADE STARTING IN THE FALL. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, GEORGE WASHINGTON MEMORIAL AND WILLIAM PENN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS ARE SCHEDULED TO CLOSE IN THE SPRING. NEIL ARMSTRONG MIDDLE SCHOOL WILL ALSO CLOSE, AND STARTING THIS SUMMER, NEIL ARMSTRONG WILL SERVE AS THE DISTRICT\u2019S ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICES. STILL NO PLANS FOR THE OTHER FIVE RETIRING ELEME\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s a wonderful day in the neighborhood:&#8217; Mister Rogers stamp reissued after winning USPS contest<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1769019068_844_wtae.png\" class=\"lazyload lazyload-in-view branding\" alt=\"WTAE logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tUpdated: 2:09 PM EDT May 24, 2026\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wtae.com\/article\/hearst-television-news-policy-statements\/14471973\" class=\"editorial-standards border-left\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Editorial Standards \u24d8<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t&#8220;It&#8217;s a wonderful day in the neighborhood,&#8221; as Pittsburghers will soon be able to celebrate local icon, Mr. Rogers, in a whole new way. VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 On Sunday, the United States Postal Service announced that the Mister Rogers stamp from 2018 has won the 2026 Stamp Encore contest. The Mister Rogers stamp was reissued \u2014 along with a new, four-image Mister Rogers souvenir sheet \u2014 in a ceremony as part of the exposition\u2019s favorite stamp theme day. The stamps and souvenir sheet are exclusively on sale at the Boston 2026 Expo through May 30, and will then be available at Post Office locations nationwide and online at The Postal Store starting June 1, USPS said in a release. To celebrate the organization\u2019s 250th anniversary, and gear up to celebrate the country\u2019s 250th anniversary, the public was invited to vote on their favorite of 25 stamp panes from the Postal Service\u2019s recent past. The Stamp Encore competition gave the public 10 weeks to vote on their favorite stamp by mail, in-person at first-day-of-issue ceremonies, and online. USPS said over 500,000 votes were received, with the Mister Rogers stamp securing the win by more than 40,000 votes over the next highest contender.The Mister Rogers stamps are being issued as Forever stamps in a pane of 20. The Mister Rogers souvenir sheet is being issued as Forever stamps in a pane of four. USPS said the Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce rate.Looking for more news in your area | Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\tPITTSBURGH \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s a wonderful day in the neighborhood,&#8221; as Pittsburghers will soon be able to celebrate local icon, Mr. Rogers, in a whole new way. <\/p>\n<p>VIDEO: Top stories on Pittsburgh&#8217;s Action News 4 <\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, the United States Postal Service announced that the Mister Rogers stamp from 2018 has won the 2026 Stamp Encore contest. <\/p>\n<p>The Mister Rogers stamp was reissued \u2014 along with a new, four-image Mister Rogers souvenir sheet \u2014 in a ceremony as part of the exposition\u2019s favorite stamp theme day. The stamps and souvenir sheet are exclusively on sale at the Boston 2026 Expo through May 30, and will then be available at Post Office locations nationwide and online at <a href=\"https:\/\/store.usps.com\/store\/stamps#content\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">The Postal Store<\/a> starting June 1, USPS said in a release. <\/p>\n<p>To celebrate the organization\u2019s 250th anniversary, and gear up to celebrate the country\u2019s 250th anniversary, the public was invited to vote on their favorite of 25 stamp panes from the Postal Service\u2019s recent past. The Stamp Encore competition gave the public 10 weeks to vote on their favorite stamp by mail, in-person at first-day-of-issue ceremonies, and online. <\/p>\n<p>USPS said over 500,000 votes were received, with the Mister Rogers stamp securing the win by more than 40,000 votes over the next highest contender.<\/p>\n<p>The Mister Rogers stamps are being issued as Forever stamps in a pane of 20. The Mister Rogers souvenir sheet is being issued as Forever stamps in a pane of four. <\/p>\n<p>USPS said the Forever stamps will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail 1-ounce rate.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for more news in your area | <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@WTAE\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">Subscribe to the WTAE YouTube Channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#8216;It&#8217;s a wonderful day in the neighborhood:&#8217; Mister Rogers stamp reissued after winning USPS contest IN THE NATION\u2019S&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201423,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[89049,17708,900,894,5503,10909,67812,89050,40320,4499,11604,89053,73,75,74,89051,89055,10555,1470,89054,420,1823,89052],"class_list":["post-201422","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-2026-stamp-encore-contest","tag-250th-anniversary","tag-action-news","tag-allegheny-county","tag-ceremony","tag-expo","tag-favorite","tag-its-a-wonderful-day-in-the-neighborhood","tag-latrobe","tag-mail","tag-mister-rogers","tag-mister-rogers-stamp","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-stamp-encore-contest","tag-stamp-pane","tag-top-story","tag-united-states-postal-service","tag-usps-contest","tag-video","tag-vote","tag-wont-you-be-my-neighbor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201422","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=201422"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201422\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201423"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201422"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201422"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201422"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}