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What the Four Flags booklet is
Four Flags is a USPS First-Class Forever stamp originally issued February 22, 2012. Each of the four stamps in the design shows a bright U.S. flag against a white background overlaid with one word in bold, colonial-style black type: Freedom, Liberty, Equality, or Justice. USPS's own release described the flag imagery as "quintessentially American" and the typography as evoking early American printing.
According to USPS's original press release, Four Flags quickly became one of its best-selling stamps, with more than 800 million sold of roughly 3.7 billion printed at the time of that release -- a genuine, sourced sales figure rather than a marketing claim we're repeating uncritically. The stamps were issued in self-adhesive booklets of 20 (the format sold on this Amazon listing, ASIN B008ZOEZHW) and in coils of 100, and USPS notes they're made in the USA.
As a widely produced, several-years-old design, Four Flags is generally not something USPS still issues fresh at post office counters -- it circulates now mainly through remaining retail stock and secondary marketplace sellers, including Amazon third-party listings. That doesn't affect the stamp's validity (Forever postage never expires), but it does mean price and seller legitimacy deserve more scrutiny than with a brand-new issue.
We looked for Amazon customer review content specifically about adhesive quality or damage complaints and found the visible review commentary was thin and mixed: one review reported no issues with the stamps themselves, while unrelated comments touched on shipping/packaging rather than the stamp product. We did not find any independent lab or durability test of the adhesive, and none should be expected for a postage stamp.
The honest gap here is pricing transparency: because this is an older, no-longer-actively-issued design, some third-party marketplace sellers price booklets above face value, and Postal Inspection Service warnings about counterfeit and marked-up postage apply generally to older/discontinued designs resold online. Buyers should treat this the way they'd treat any secondary-market collectible -- check the seller, check the price against face value, and don't assume Amazon's default listing price is the cheapest option.
Bottom line: a genuine, currently valid, historically popular design. The stamp isn't the risk; overpaying a reseller for a discontinued booklet is the thing to guard against.
Key Listed Features
Four rotating flag designs, each labeled Freedom, Liberty, Equality, or Justice
Self-adhesive, peel-and-stick application
Made in the USA per USPS
Sold as a booklet of 20 (also issued historically as coils of 100)
Forever postage: always equal to the current First-Class one-ounce rate
