First Class One Ounce Forever
On February 14, 2014, in Little Rock, Arkansas, at the American Philatelic Society AmeriStamp Expo 2014, Statehouse Convention Center, the U.S. Postal Service® will issue Winter Flowers First-Class Mail® stamps (Forever® priced at 49 cents), in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) booklet of 20 stamps (Item 689100).
The stamps will go on ale nationwide February 14, 2014.
Winter Flowers celebrates plants that brighten our dark winter days. Each of these four stamps depicts a close-up view of one plant — Christmas cactus, amaryllis, cyclamen, and paper white — with detailed and colorful renderings of its blossom and foliage. Art director Ethel Kessler designed the Winter Flowers
stamps, which feature art by William Low.
Technical Details
| Issue: | Winter Flowers Stamp |
| Item Number: | 689100 |
| Denomination & Type of Issue: | First-Class Mail Forever |
| Format: | Double-sided Booklet of 20 (4 designs) |
| Series: | N/A |
| Issue Date & City: | February 14, 2014, Little Rock, AR 72202 (APS AmeriStamp Expo 2014) (Field Event) |
| Art Director: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Designer: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Typographer: | Ethel Kessler, Bethesda, MD |
| Artist: | William Low, Huntington, NY |
| Modeler: | Donald Woo |
| Manufacturing Process: | Offset/Microprint “USPS” |
| Engraver: | N/A |
| Printer: | Banknote Corporation of America |
| Printed at: | Browns Summit, NC |
| Press Type: | Alprinta, 74 |
| Stamps per Booklet: | 20 |
| Print Quantity: | 500 million stamps |
| Paper Type: | Phosphor Tagged, Overall |
| Adhesive Type: | Pressure-sensitive |
| Processed at: | Banknote Corporation of America, Browns Summit, NC |
| Stamp Orientation: | Vertical |
| Image Area (w x h): | 0.77 x 1.05 in./19.55 x 26.67 mm |
| Stamp Size (w x h): | 0.91 x 1.19 in./23.11 x 30.22 mm |
| Full Booklet Size (w x h): | 5.74 x 2.38 in./145.80 x 60.45 mm |
| Colors: | Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black, Blue |
| Plate Size: | 480 stamps per revolution |
| Plate Numbers: | “S” followed by five (5) single digits |
| Marginal Markings Front: | Header: “WINTER FLOWERS” “Twenty First-Class Forever® Stamps” • Plate numbers in peel strip area • © 2013 • USPS in peel strip area • Barcode (015645689107) |
| Withdrawn: | June 30, 2016 |
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