2026 American Icons Baseball Glove

On June 9, 2026, the U.S. Postal Service issued thirteen American Icons Forever stamps celebrating the nation’s 250th anniversary. Dedicated at New York City’s James A. Farley Post Office Building, they were priced at 78 cents each.

The baseball stamp depicts a worn leather glove holding a ball against an American flag. USPS identifies it as a glove used by Jackie Robinson, symbolizing equality, teamwork, and perseverance while connecting the national pastime to Robinson’s broader place in American history.

Fashion designer Ralph Lauren selected photographs from his visual archive and other sources of inspiration, becoming the first individual invited by USPS to curate an entire official stamp issuance. The images express freedom, independence, equality, opportunity, and the pursuit of happiness.

The partnership reflected Lauren’s longstanding interest in American imagery and cultural preservation. In 1998, he helped lead fundraising to conserve the Smithsonian’s Star-Spangled Banner, the flag that inspired the national anthem. USPS art director Greg Breeding collaborated with Lauren’s creative team on the collection.

The other designs feature an American flag, pickup truck, dog, teddy bear, Empire State Building, barn, Diné (Navajo) blanket woven by Naiomi Glasses, lighthouse, hamburger, racing sailboat, and wild horses. The central thirteenth stamp depicts Lauren’s knit flag marking 1776 and 2026, with blue denim unifying the pane.

Banknote Corporation of America printed 23,010,000 stamps in panes containing one of each design. This included 1,770,000 baseball glove stamps, representing an original face value of $1,380,600 at 78 cents each. The baseball stamp is cataloged as Scott 6106b.