Canada United States Plans Provinces Blog About

Red Camellias and Yellow Forsythia

Flowers From the Garden

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue August 16, 2017
Year 2017
Quantity 161,250,000
Denomination
First-Class Mail, Forever
Denomination Value $0.49
Perforation or Dimension 0.91 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.23 mm
Series Flowers From the Garden
Series Time Span 2017
Issue Location Sioux Falls, SD 57104
Postal Administration United States

Buy on ebay

Sorry, our call to ebay returned no results. Click on the button below to search ebay directly.
More Results
PSG earns commission on these links.

Stamp Supplies on Amazon

Layouts

Double-sided Booklet of 20, (4 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 25,000,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.80
SKU: 672100
Dimension: 5.74 x 2.38 in./145.87 x 60.33 mm
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset, Microprint
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Block
Layout Number: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
Add to List

Coil of 10,000 (4 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 10,000
Original Purchase Price: $4,900.00
SKU: 760104
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset, Microprint
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Overall
Layout Number: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
Layout Number Frequency: Plate numbers every 28th stamp below stamp image
Add to List

Coil of 3,000 (4 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 15,000
Original Purchase Price: $1,470.00
SKU: 755000
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America
Printed at: Browns Summit, NC
Printing Process: Offset, Microprint
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Phosphor Tagged Paper, Overall
Layout Number: “B” followed by four (4) single digits
Layout Number Frequency: Plate numbers every 28th stamp below stamp image
Add to List

Press Sheet With Die-Cuts

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $78.40
SKU: 672106
Add to List

FDC From Coil of 10,000

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $3.72
SKU: 760116
Add to List

Digital Color Postmark

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.56
SKU: 672121
Add to List

DCP From Coil of 10,000

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.56
SKU: 760121
Add to List

Ceremony Program

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 672130
Add to List

Framed Art

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $29.95
SKU: 672124
Add to List

DCP Keepsake

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $16.95
SKU: 672110
Add to List

Ceremony Memento

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $19.95
SKU: 672134
Add to List

FDC From Book of 20

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $3.72
SKU: 672116
Add to List

About Stamp Series

On August 16, 2017, in Sioux Falls, SD, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Flowers From the Garden First-Class Mail® stamps (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in four designs, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet and coils. The stamps will go on sale nationwide August 16, 2017.

The U.S. Postal Service® celebrates the beauty of flowers from American gardens. The four stamps feature still-life paintings of bountiful floral bouquets.

The paintings were inspired by floral still lifes created by Dutch and Flemish artists of the 17th and 18th centuries. Each stamp features one of four different paintings of flowers gathered from the garden and artfully arranged in a container. One stamp features red camellias and yellow forsythia in a yellow pitcher, while on another there are white peonies and pink tree peonies in a clear vase. An arrangement of white hydrangeas, white and pink roses, green hypericum berries, and purple lisianthus in a white vase graces another stamp, while blue hydrangeas in a blue pot appear on another.

The floral paintings of the Dutch and Flemish artists featured exuberant, massed arrangements, which gave the impression of wild abandon and impromptu creativity. However, the arrangements were in reality carefully thought out and many times purely imaginary—and frequently botanically impossible. Though they looked as if they had just been plucked from the garden, the bouquets might include flowers that did not bloom during the same season or sometimes even grow in the same country.

Art director Derry Noyes designed the stamps with existing art by Elizabeth Brandon.

Colors

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

Creators

Art Director: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC.
Designer: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC.
Typographer: Derry Noyes, Washington, DC.
Existing Art: Elizabeth Brandon.
Modeler: Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn.

Similar Stamps

Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22471. Copyright: USPS.

Improve Stamp Information

Did you notice an error in this stamp's information?
Do you have any interesting information about this stamp that you would like to share?
Please click here to send us an email with the details.