Garden Beauty Stamps Are Blooming

Garden Beauty Stamps Are Blooming

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Feb. 25, 2021

Garden Beauty Stamps Are Blooming

WASHINGTON, DC — The U.S. Postal Service announced today the Garden Beauty Forever stamps are available for purchase. The stamps are being sold at Post Office locations nationwide and online at usps.com/shopstamps.

These stamps celebrate America's love of flowers and gardens with 10 new stamp designs in a booklet of 20. The stamps include a pink flowering dogwood; a rose-pink and white tulip; an allium, or ornamental onion; a pink and white Asiatic lily; a magenta dahlia; a yellow and pink American lotus; a pink moth orchid with mottled petals; a pink and white sacred lotus; an orange and yellow tulip; and a yellow moth orchid with a pink center.

Art director Ethel Kessler designed the stamps and photographer Allen Rokach took the photos that grace the stamps.  

A pictorial postmark of the designated first-day-of-issue city, Bloomfield, IN, is available at usps.com/shopstamps.

Postal Products

Customers may purchase stamps and other philatelic products through the Postal Store at usps.com/shopstamps, by calling 800-STAMP24 (800-782-6724), by mail through USA Philatelic, or at Post Office locations nationwide.

The Postal Service 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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February 25, 2021 at 01:48PM