2023 US Flags (Booklets / Rolls) Freedom Forever First Class Postage Stamps

The 2023 flag stamp is the most graphic of the recent run. Red, white and blue reduced to flat bands, with FREEDOM set underneath in a gray slab sans serif and FOREVER / USA smaller below that. There is no fabric, no pole, no sky - just the colors and the word. It came out in booklets of 20, panes of 20, and coils of 100, 3,000 and 10,000, which is the widest format spread the Postal Service offers.

That spread tells you who it is for. The 3,000 and 10,000 coils exist for businesses running mail through a machine; the booklet exists for a kitchen drawer. In between, a coil of 100 is the sensible buy for anyone stamping a few dozen envelopes at a sitting. The flat graphic treatment reads well on business envelopes where a photographic flag can look ornamental. Forever value, one ounce at the current rate.