Kansas Sesquicentennial Postage Stamp

Wichita ? The U.S. Postal Service will commemorate Kansas’ 150th anniversary with a new stamp.

Brian Sperry, regional spokesman for the U.S. Postal Service, says the new stamp will be issued on Jan. 27 at the Kansas Museum of History in Topeka.

The new stamp, which will be 44-cent forever stamp, features a close-up of a spinning windmill with a field of wind turbines in the background, set against a blue sky.

The Wichita Eagle reports that the stamp is among 25 to be released this year.

Sperry says the Postal Service receives more than 50,000 requests each year for commemorative stamps. A stamp advisory committee narrows the list to 25 subjects for the U.S. postmaster to review and approve.