2026 Current Value Galaxy Pair Priority Mail Express Stamps

A composite image from the James Webb and Hubble telescopes titled Galaxy Pair - two adjacent spiral galaxies, their arms sweeping past each other, with star-forming regions and dust lanes picked out. Webb reads infrared and Hubble reads visible and ultraviolet, so the composite shows structure that neither instrument would give you alone. It is a Priority Mail Express stamp, which is the format the Postal Service has been using for astronomical images for years.

Priority Mail Express stamps are denominated, not Forever. This one is worth its printed face value toward postage, so if the Express rate has risen since it was printed you add the difference and the stamp still covers most of it. The practical use is sending overnight without standing at a counter - weigh at home, apply the stamps, hand it over. Panes of four. Collectors buy the pane whole and never separate it, which accounts for a good share of the demand.