Life Magnified 2023

Explore the extraordinary beauty and scientific significance of the microscopic world with the Life Magnified Forever stamps. Twenty unique images reveal red blood cells, a macaw feather, knotted human hair, moss leaves, diatom shells, freshwater protozoans, an acorn barnacle, a moth antenna, a diving beetle’s foot, mouse-brain neurons, starling bone tissue, Madagascan sunset moth wing scales, a juvenile zebrafish, mushroom gills, a freshwater snail’s tongue, a blue button, mold spores, barnacle legs, flame lily pollen, and the surface of a southern live oak leaf. Created through microscopy and specialized photographic techniques, each stamp identifies its specimen. Derry Noyes designed the stamps using existing photographs. Issued in 2023 as a pane of 20, these Forever stamps are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce rate.