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Love Flourishes

Love

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue January 18, 2018
Year 2018
Quantity 250,000,000
Denomination
First-Class Mail Forever
Denomination Value $0.49
Perforation or Dimension 1.19 x 0.91 in./30.23 x 23.11 mm
Series Love
Series Time Span 1999 - 2018
Issue Location Phoenix, AZ 85026
Postal Administration United States

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Layouts

Pane of 20 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 12,500,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.80
SKU: 564704
Dimension: 5.635 x 5.425 in./143.13 x 137.80 mm
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 five (5) single digits
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Press Sheet With Die-Cuts

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $78.40
SKU: 564706
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First Day Cover

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.93
SKU: 564716
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Digital Color Postmark

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.64
SKU: 564721
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Ceremony Program

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 564730
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DCP Keepsake

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $11.95
SKU: 564710
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Framed Art

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $39.95
SKU: 564724
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Ceremony Memento

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $18.95
SKU: 564734
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About Stamp

On January 18, 2018, in Phoenix, AZ, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue the Love Flourishes First-Class Mail® stamp (Forever® priced at 49 cents) in one design, in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 18, 2018.

The stamp art features a fanciful garden of colorful flowers surrounding the word "Love" written in cursive script. Hand-painted with gouache on paper by artist Anna Bond, the illustration is whimsical and vibrant. The color palette of pink, coral, and yellow, and the choice of flowers: stylized roses, peonies, and dahlias give the art a lush, romantic look that is at once retro and timeless.

The Love Flourishes stamp celebrates love of all kinds: romantic love, friendship, admiration, and love of family. Though the stamps are issued in time for Valentine's Day, love is not something we express only on February 14. These beautiful stamps can be used any day of the year to send love to friends and family wherever they might be.

Art director Greg Breeding designed the stamp with original art by Bond.

Love Flourishes is being issued as a Forever® stamp. This Forever® stamp will always be equal in value to the current First-Class Mail® one-ounce price.

Colors

Pantone 4505, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black

Creators

Designer: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA.
Art Director: Greg Breeding, Charlottesville, VA.
Typographer: Anna Bond, Winter Park, FL.
Artist: Anna Bond, Winter Park, FL.
Modeler: Sandra Lane/Michelle Finn.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22484. Copyright: USPS.

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