January 13, 2026
Ali as soon as stated, ‘I needs to be a postage stamp, as a result of that is the one method I’ll ever get licked.’
The self-proclaimed Greatest of All-Time (G.O.A.T.), heavyweight boxer Muhammad Ali, will appear on a postage stamp, and clients will have the ability to buy it beginning Jan. 15.
The Muhammad Ali Center introduced that the United States Postal Service (USPS) would issue a brand new commemorative stamp honoring the three-time World Heavyweight Champion. The USPS not too long ago revealed the first-day-of-issue occasion for the Muhammad Ali Forever stamps will happen on the University of Louisville L & N Federal Credit Union Stadium in Louisville on Jan. 15, at 12 p.m.
Ali as soon as stated, “I needs to be a postage stamp, as a result of that’s the one method I’ll ever get licked.” Now, that prophecy has been realized: the Muhammad Ali Center has been a part of the initiative to get the person born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr. on a stamp.
“Muhammad’s legacy is timeless as a result of it was by no means nearly sport; it was about humanity,” stated Lonnie Ali, co-founder and interim CEO of the Muhammad Ali Center, in a written assertion. “He believed that greatness is measured not by what you obtain for your self, however by what you do for others. These stamps are a fantastic reminder of his braveness, his compassion, and the values that proceed to information our work on the Muhammad Ali Center.”
There might be two variations accessible for buy. USPS Art Director Antonio Alcalá designed each stamps. The stamps will function a 1974 Associated Press image of Ali in his signature boxing stance. One stamp will function the photograph on the highest half with the identify “ALI” in darkish brown on the decrease half. The phrase, “THE GREATEST,” runs up the correct facet of the “I’ of “ALI” in medium brown. The different stamp options the identical photograph, proven on the underside half, with the identify “ALI” in crimson on the highest half and “THE GREATEST” in peach coloring working up the correct facet of the “I.”
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