souvenir sheet

noun

: a block or set of postage stamps or a single stamp printed on a single sheet of paper often without gum or perforations and with margins containing lettering or design that identifies some notable event being commemorated

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Derry Noyes, an art director for USPS, designed the stamp, as well as a souvenir sheet with four new stamps. Finch Walker, USA Today, 28 May 2026

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First Known Use

1940, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of souvenir sheet was in 1940

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“Souvenir sheet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/souvenir%20sheet. Accessed 6 Jun. 2026.

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