Legacy United States Postal Service (USPS) – Sewn Flag

Choose Your Options

Every Legacy United States Postal Service (USPS) Sewn Flag is made to order, so tell us how you want it built. These are the choices.

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• Mounting: A pole hem is a sewn sleeve along the hoist edge that slides over an indoor or parade pole. A pole hem with fringe adds gold rayon fringe on three edges, the traditional ceremonial finish. Grommets are brass rings set into a canvas header, the standard finish for an outdoor flagpole.
• Single-sided or double-sided: A single-sided flag carries the design on the front only; the back is blank. A double-sided flag shows the design on both sides and is built one of three ways:
  • Double-reverse: one layer of fabric, so the appliqué shows through on the back in reverse. The lightest build.
  • Double-paneled: two panels sewn back to back, so the design reads correctly on both sides. The heaviest build, and it needs the most wind to fly.
  • Single field, double seal: one field with the emblem on the front and a second emblem tacked to the back, so the seal reads correctly from either side without the weight of two panels.
• Sewn construction: Each color of the emblem is cut from fabric and appliquéd to the field with a satin stitch. Lettering and fine detail are embroidered with a fill stitch. The result stands in relief and reads across a room.
• Size: 3x4 FT, 3x5 FT, 4x6 FT, 52x66 IN. For another size, give us the finished width and height you need.

Product Features

• Official Legacy United States Postal Service design: the Legacy United States Postal Service (USPS) Sewn Flag carries the Legacy United States Postal Service’s official emblem, reproduced to the agency’s design in the mounting and size you order.
• Sewn construction: each element of the emblem is cut from fabric and satin stitched to the nylon field, with lettering and fine detail embroidered in fill stitch, so the design stands in relief and reads across a room.
• Nylon field: lightweight nylon that hangs well on an indoor pole and carries cleanly in a parade.
• Built your way: single-sided or double-sided (double-reverse, double-paneled or single field double seal); pole hem, fringed pole hem or grommets; 3x4 FT, 3x5 FT, 4x6 FT, 52x66 IN.
• Made in the USA: every USPS flag we sell is made in the USA.
• Matched sets: order one flag or a set for every office, and the mounting and size will be the same on each.

Historical Background

The Postal Service is older than the country. The Continental Congress appointed Benjamin Franklin the first Postmaster General on July 26, 1775, and President George Washington signed the Postal Service Act on February 20, 1792, organizing the Post Office Department that would serve the nation for the next 179 years.

The modern United States Postal Service dates from the Postal Reorganization Act, signed by President Richard Nixon on August 12, 1970. On July 1, 1971, the cabinet-level Post Office Department became an independent establishment of the executive branch, with Winton Blount as its first Postmaster General. The bald eagle poised for flight became the Service's emblem after the reorganization, and it was streamlined into the current Sonic Eagle in 1993.

About the United States Postal Service (USPS) Flag

The United States Postal Service (USPS) Flag carries the agency's official emblem as the centerpiece of the design. The current USPS emblem is a bald eagle poised for flight, modernized in 1993. We reproduce it to the agency's specification, in the finish and size you order.