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Cut Paper Heart

Love

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue January 21, 2014
Year 2014
Quantity 50,000,000
Denomination
First-Class Mail Forever
Denomination Value $0.46
Perforation or Dimension 1.19 x 0.91 in./30.23 x 23.11 mm
Series Love
Series Time Span 1999 - 2018
Issue Location New York, NY 10199
Postal Administration United States

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Layouts

Pane of 20 (1 Design)

Quantity Produced - 2,500,000
Original Purchase Price: $9.20
SKU: 587200
Dimension: 5.75 x 5.50 in./146.05 x 139.70 mm
Printer: CCL Label, Inc.
Printed at: Clinton, SC 29325
Printing Process: Gravure
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Prephosphored, Type I
Layout Number: “C” followed by three (3) single digits
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Press Sheet W/die Cuts

Quantity Produced - 2,500
Original Purchase Price: $55.20
SKU: 587206
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Press Sheet W/o Die Cuts

Quantity Produced - 2,500
Original Purchase Price: $55.20
SKU: 587208
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First-day Cover

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.90
SKU: 587216
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Digital Color Postmark

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.61
SKU: 587221
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Ceremony Program

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.95
SKU: 587230
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Keepsake (pane and Dcp Set)

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $10.95
SKU: 587210
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Framed Art

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $39.95
SKU: 587224
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Stamp Deck Card

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $0.95
SKU: 587231
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Stamp Deck Card W/dcp

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $1.96
SKU: 587232
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About Stamp

On January 21, 2014, in New York, New York, at the Time Warner Center, the Postal Service™ will issue the Love: Cut Paper Heart First-Class Mail® stamp (Forever® priced at 46 cents) in one design in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 21, 2014.

The Cut Paper Heart stamp adds another romantic entry to the beautiful Love stamp series.

This fanciful stamp takes its inspiration from the folk traditions of papercutting. Its digital illustration depicts a large white heart enclosing a smaller pink heart with a saw-toothed edge along its left-hand side. Surrounding the central hearts are pink swirls, with smaller hearts imbedded in the design and a ragged-edge motif that echoes the edging on the small pink heart. The hearts and swirls are contained within a red square that has “pinked” edges, as if cut with pinking shears. A white border frames the entire design.

The stamp art is reminiscent of liebesbriefe — ornately cut and painted love letters that are a form of scherenschnitte, the papercutting tradition brought to America in the 18th and 19th centuries by German immigrants. Not intended only for February 14, these early precursors to valentines carried declarations of love and sometimes proposals of marriage. The stamp art is a stunning digital interpretation of these traditional love-letter decorations.

Like the liebesbriefe, the Cut Paper Heart stamps are not just for use on Valentine’s Day, but say “love” all year round.

Designed by art director Antonio Alcalá, the stamp features an illustration by Q. Cassetti.

Colors

032 (Red), 211 (Pink), 1807 (Dk. Red)

Creators

Designer: Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA.
Art Director: Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA.
Typographer: Antonio Alcalá, Alexandria, VA.
Artist: Q. Cassetti, Trumansburg, NY.
Engraver: WRE.
Modeler: CCL Label, Inc..

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22381. Copyright: USPS.

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