BERKELEY, Calif., July 18,
2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Postal Service
today announced the release of Low Denomination Flowers, five
stamps, featuring charming floral designs. These beautifully
illustrated stamps celebrate the timeless elegance of nature, with
each stamp depicting different flowers: a purple fringed tulip,
poppies and coneflowers, daffodils, peonies and red tulips.
These beautifully illustrated stamps
celebrate the timeless elegance of nature.
"These stamps will add elegance and warmth to any piece of mail,
and make each message as special as the flowers they feature," said
Lisa Bobb-Semple, USPS director of
stamp services. "Uniquely, each stamp features the same number of
flowers as its cent value — like five flowers on a five-cent stamp — bringing a clever touch to the
design."
Ethel Kessler, an art director
for USPS, designed the stamps using existing images by acclaimed
photographer Harold Davis.
After photographing each arrangement backlit on a light box,
Davis combined multiple photographic exposures of the flowers,
resulting in a luminous, transparent look. He also scanned a sheet
of aged paper and added it in post-production to achieve the
desired cream-colored background.
All flowers photographed by Davis were grown in his backyard in
Berkeley, CA.
The series of low-denomination stamps include:
- One-cent Fringed Tulip:
Featuring one purple fringed tulip.
- Two-cent Daffodils:
Featuring two yellow daffodil blossoms.
- Three-cent Peonies:
Featuring three red peonies.
- Five-cent Red Tulips:
Featuring five red tulip blossoms.
- 10-cent Poppies and
Coneflowers: Featuring an array of 10 blossoms — six white
poppies and four purple coneflowers — and a touch of greenery.
Low Denomination Flowers are available in panes of 20 and coils
of 10,000 at Post Office locations nationwide and The Postal Store
at usps.com.
News of the stamps is being shared on social media with the
hashtag #LowDenominationFlowersStamps.
Postal Products
Customers may also purchase stamps and other philatelic products
by telephone at 844-737-7826 and by mail order through the
USA Philatelic catalog. For
officially licensed stamp products, shop the USPS Officially
Licensed Collection on Amazon.
Additional information on stamps, first-day-of-issue ceremonies
and stamp-inspired products can be found at
StampsForever.com.
Please Note: The United States Postal Service is an
independent federal establishment, mandated to be self-financing
and to serve every American community through the affordable,
reliable and secure delivery of mail and packages to 167 million
addresses six and often seven days a week. Overseen by a bipartisan
Board of Governors, the Postal Service is implementing a 10-year
transformation plan, Delivering for America, to
modernize the postal network, restore long-term financial
sustainability, dramatically improve service across all mail and
shipping categories, and maintain the organization as one of
America's most valued and trusted brands.
The Postal Service generally receives no tax dollars for
operating expenses and relies on the sale of postage, products and
services to fund its operations.
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National contact: Jonathan
Castillo
jonathan.r.castillo@usps.gov
Local contact: Meiko Patton
meiko.s.patton@usps.gov
usps.com/news
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