From the USPS on October 29, 2025:

For millions of Americans, the beach is the ultimate vacation. Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, says these stamps were inspired by her annual summertime trips to beaches in New England. “These little snapshots are reminiscent of those experiences — a break from busy lives and demands throughout the year,” she says. Noyes was drawn to the vitality and “fresh, bold spontaneity” that Gregory Manchess brings to the oil paintings shown on the stamps. “He captures the essence of the subject, even at a very small scale,” she says. “Greg has managed to make these scenes instantly recognizable with just the right amount of visual information.”

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Updated May 29^th:
The Scott catalogue numbers for this issue are

• 6070 Sand Castle
• 6071 Seagull
• 6072 Bicycle
• 6073 Person Reading

Updated April 30^th:
Technical Specifications:

Issue: A Day at the Beach Stamps
Item Number: 685900
Denomination & Type of Issue: First-Class Mail Forever®
Format: Double-sided Booklet of 20 (4 designs)
Series: N/A
Issue Date & City: April 24, 2026, Burlingame, CA 94011
Art Director: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Designer: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC
Artist: Gregory Manchess
Modeler: Sandra Lane / Michelle Finn
Manufacturing Process: Offset
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Press Type: Alprinta 74
Stamps per Booklet: 20
Print Quantity: 125,000,000
Paper Type: Phosphor, Block Tag
Colors: Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black
Adhesive Type: Pressure-sensitive
Stamp Orientation: Vertical
Image Area (w x h): 0.7700 x 1.0500 in. / 19.5580 x 26.6700 mm.
Stamp Size (w x h): 0.9100 x 1.1900 in. / 23.1140 x 30.2260 mm.
Booklet Size (w x h): 5.7600 x 2.3800 in. / 146.3040 x 60.4520 mm.
Plate Size: 800 stamps per revolution
Plate Number: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
Marginal Markings: Header: A Day at the Beach • Twenty First-Class™ Forever® Stamps • © 2025 USPS in peel strip area • Barcode • USPS logo • Promotional text • Plate number in peel strip area

Updated March 30^th:
Here are the first-day postmarks for this issue:The Digital Color Postmark measures 3.0″ x 1.4″There is no pictorial postmark for this issue. However, there will be a show cancel (WESTPEX) for that date.

Updated March 26^th:
Although the first-day postmarks were shown in the Postal Bulletin a week ago, I’m told they are not yet finalized and so the larger, clearer versions are not yet available for us.

Updated March 19^th:
On April 24, 2026, in Burlingame, CA, the United States Postal Service® will issue the A Day at the Beach stamps (Forever® priced at the First-Class Mail® rate), in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) double-sided booklet of 20 stamps (Item 685900). These stamps will go on sale nationwide April 24, 2026, and must not be sold or canceled before the first-day-of-issue.

A Day at the Beach celebrates the simple joys of a coastal escape with four new stamps in a booklet of 20. One stamp captures the magic of a sandcastle taking shape, another shows a seagull perched on a wooden piling, a third features a bicycle parked near the shore, and a fourth portrays a reader lounging under a colorful beach umbrella. Artist Gregory Manchess used oil on board to create the art. Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps.