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Kaleidoscope Flowers

Stamp Info

Name Value
Date of Issue January 14, 2013
Year 2013
Quantity 36,250,000
Denomination
First-Class Mail Rate
Denomination Value $0.46
Perforation or Dimension 0.87 x .98 in./22.09 x 24.89 mm
Series Kaleidoscope Flowers
Series Time Span 2013
Issue Location Kansas City, MO 64108 (No Ceremony)
Postal Administration United States

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Layouts

Coil of 3,000 (4 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 15,000
No Images Exist for this Layout.
Original Purchase Price: $1,380.00
SKU: 789300
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, N.C.
Printing Process: Offset/Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Prehosphored, Type I
Layout Number: “S” followed by five (5) single digits
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Coil of 10,000 (4 Designs)

Quantity Produced - 12,500,000
No Images Exist for this Layout.
Original Purchase Price: $4.60
SKU: 789400
Printer: Banknote Corporation of America, Inc./SSP
Printed at: Browns Summit, N.C.
Printing Process: Offset/Microprint “USPS”
Gum Type: Pressure-sensitive
Paper: Prehosphored, Type I
Layout Number: “S” followed by five (5) single digits
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First-day Cover Set of 4

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $3.60
SKU: 789416
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Digital Color Postmark Set of 4

Quantity Produced - Unknown
Original Purchase Price: $6.44
SKU: 789421
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About Stamp Series

On January 14, 2013, in Kansas City, Missouri, the Postal Service™ will issue a 46-cent Kaleidoscope Flowers First-Class Mail® stamp in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) coil of 3,000 and a PSA coil of 10,000. The stamp will go on sale nationwide January 14, 2013.

Spring flowers, state flowers, wildflowers—these are but a few of the many botanical subjects on stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service. Flowers are among the most popular subjects for collectors and the stamp-buying public. In a modern twist on a perennial favorite, the Kaleidoscope Flowers stamps combine the allure of flowers with the impact of modern computer graphics.

The set of four stamps depicts the same contemporary flower drawing, with each stamp featuring one of four different color combinations: red and blue, green and purple, orange and violet, or pink and green. Some of the color combinations create the illusion that patterns recede or come forward, giving the stamps a dramatic visual appeal. The lines and curves of the drawing are reminiscent of a kaleidoscope flower—familiar, yet at the same time utterly distinctive.

Designed by art director Antonio Alcalá, Kaleidoscope Flowers features the work of graphic artists Petra and Nicole Kapitza.

Colors

Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, PMS 423 (Gray)

Creators

Designer: Antonio Alcala\u00B4, Alexandria, VA.
Art Director: Antonio Alcala\u00B4, Alexandria, VA.
Typographer: Antonio Alcala\u00B4, Alexandria, VA.
Artist: Nicole Kapitza, London.
Artist: Petra Kapitza, London.
Modeler: Donald Woo.

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Reference

USPS Postal Bulletin 22354. Copyright: USPS.

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