| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | January 21, 2014 |
| Year | 2014 |
| Quantity | 50,000,000 |
| Denomination |
First-Class Mail Forever
|
| Denomination Value | $0.46 | Color | 032 (Red), 211 (Pink), 1807 (Dk. Red) |
| 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 |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
|---|
Celebrate the many facets of love and the First Day of Issue of the Cut Paper Heart Forever® stamp with an official Cut Paper Heart Ceremony Program and cover.
The full-color program features the First Day Ceremony agenda and participants on one side, with a narrative about the papercutting tradition and the stamp design on the reverse.
The program is tucked inside a 9 x 6-inch envelope that bears an affixed Cut Paper Heart stamp and the official First Day of Issue cancellation, along with the United States Postal Service logo and the words “First Day of Issue Ceremony.”
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 587230
Expand your Love series collection with this whimsical Cut Paper Heart DCP Keepsake set, which includes a sheet of 20 Cut Paper Heart Forever® stamps and a #6 3/4 envelope with an affixed Cut Paper Heart stamp and First Day of Issue color postmark.
The color postmark features the stamp title surrounded by a flower-like formation of familiar folded-and-cut red paper hearts, accented with green hearts resembling the flower's leaves. Also included are the official First Day of Issue date and location for the stamp.
Made in the USA.
SKUs featured on this page: 587210
Celebrate the many facets of love with this 10 1/2 x 16-inch, double-matted, Cut Paper Heart Framed Art piece that features an enlargement of the Cut Paper Heart Forever® stamp and includes a decorative heart cutout.
Beneath the illustration, a block of four Cut Paper Heart Forever® stamps pairs with a white plate inscribed with the First Day of Issue details. Showcased in a rich, mahogany frame, the piece also includes a dust cover and sawtooth hanger on the back for easy display.
SKUs featured on this page: 587224
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.