Diwali’s postal return
Art travels beyond the doorstep.
- Event / announcement date
- 2026-10-21
USPS dedicated its second Diwali stamp on October 21 in Washington, a decade after its first. The issue precedes November 8, the festival’s main day in 2026; the dedication and the holiday are separate dates. [1]
Artist Sangita Bhutada enlarged a rangoli to eight feet for photography by Bijay Dixit. USPS says the work took eight to ten days. Turning a temporary floor design into a stamp preserves one composition beyond the home where such art is made. [1]
The mailing function is concrete. The current postal manual values an ordinary Forever stamp at the single-piece, one-ounce First-Class letter price. It distinguishes additional-ounce and postcard categories and requires enough postage for the actual service. A commemorative design does not remove those mailing distinctions. [2]
The source
- U.S. Postal Service: Diwali stamp dedication ↗
Source date 2026-10-21 · reviewed October 30, 2026 - U.S. Postal Service: Postage payment standards ↗
Undated reference · reviewed October 30, 2026 · No exact publication date is provided; source is used as an undated context reference.
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