D.C. The stamp, designed by Ethel Kessler known for her work as the designer of the breast cancer stamp, shows the interior rotunda of the Library of Congress. The stamp will sell for 33 cents. When a new stamp is issued by the United States Postal Service, it is initially offered for sale in one city on the first day and then throughout the country on the second day and thereafter. The postmark on first and second-day covers is a special cancellation available for a limited time. First Day Covers, as well as the covers from second-day events, are available in limited quantities.
Some collectors seek covers by one artist or on one subject.
The Library of Congress will provide information about cachet makers to participating libraries. This is an innovative opportunity to create a cachet design for second-day issue events at Colorado libraries. Blank envelopes or an envelope with the library's logo can also be used. Typically at stamp issue ceremonies, a library or community representative presides over the event, welcomes the guests to the ceremony, and dedicates the stamp. The local postmaster or other local postal service official will bring the commemorative bicentennial postage stamp and the special cancellation to the event and will manage aspects of the program related specifically to the stamp and its cancellation.