Ohio flag stamp makes its arrival

COLUMBUS (AP) — The state flag of Ohio is featured on a new postage stamp.

The U.S. Postal Service says the flag appears with a butterfly and milkweed plants along a riverbank on the stamp being issued today as part of the post office’s ongoing “Flags of Our Nation” series.

States have joined the series in alphabetical order. Flag stamps for Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota and Tennessee also are being introduced today.

The new stamps are “Forever stamps,” meaning that they can always be used on a first-class letter even if postage rates go up.

Megan Brennan, postal service chief operating offier, will dedicate the stamps during a ceremony in Columbus, at the 2011 American Philatelic Society Stamp Show.