Hot Wheels Stamps – Forever First Class Postage Stamps

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Hot Wheels StampsForever 82¢ | Sheet Stamp FormatIn 2018, the U.S. Postal Service® celebrated Hot Wheels, the iconic die-cast cars that for the last 50 years have ignited the imaginations of generations of children around the world. Today, kids and adults alike still play with and collect these outrageously speedy scale models.The idea for Hot Wheels was formed in the late 1960s. Mattel co-founder Elliot Handler set out to create a toy car that looked cooler and performed better than anything else out there. Until that point, toy cars had often been tiny reproductions of models that lacked pizzazz and speed.Arranged in diagonal rows, the 20 stamps showcase photographer Len Rizzi’s images of 10 Hot Wheels® cars — two of each design — speeding along a bright orange track. Each stamp features the name of the vehicle shown in either the top left or top right corner and the words “USA” and “Forever” in either the bottom left or bottom right corner. The iconic curvy Hot Wheels logo appears in the top right corner of the pane. The back of the pane displays the Hot Wheels 50th anniversary logo.The Hot Wheels stamps were issued as Forever® stamps. These Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.Stamp Issuance:September 29, 2018Fort Worth, TX 76105Made in the USA